Wilmot, Ontario (1891 census)
Wilmot was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,487. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4116651. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.397°N, 80.651°W.
Population
In 1891, Wilmot had a population of 5,487: 2,764 male and 2,723 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 5,297 |
| 1861 | 6,173 |
| 1871 | 5,811 |
| 1881 | 5,358 |
| 1891 | 5,487 |
| 1901 | 4,944 |
| 1911 | 4,569 |
| 1921 | 4,263 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Wilmot shared boundaries with:
- Blandford
- Blenheim
- Dumfries N
- Easthope N
- Easthope S
- New Hamburg, VL
- Waterloo
- Waterloo S
- Wellesley
- Zorra E
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,487 total population, 2,764 males, 2,723 females, 1,774 married persons, 946 families, 889 married females, 885 married males, 172 widowed persons, 113 widowed females, 59 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 3,541 single persons under 18, 1,820 single males under 18, 1,721 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,486 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 926 houses, 926 occupied houses, 601 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 570 houses built of wood, 560 houses of 1 story, 358 houses of 2 stories, 237 houses built of brick, 119 houses built of stone, 97 houses of 4 rooms, 96 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 86 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 492,415 bushels of turnips, 241,094 pounds of homemade butter, 231,757 bushels of oats, 159,034 bushels of winter wheat, 77,189 bushels of barley, 67,924 bushels of peas, 60,603 acres of land in farms, 54,302 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 52,194 acres of improved land in farms, 48,830 bushels of potatoes, 46,028 acres of farmland under crops, 31,242 chickens, 15,464 tons of hay, 13,654 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11,628 bushels of spring wheat, 8,833 acres of wheat, 8,409 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,093 acres of oats, 7,969 acres of hay crops, 5,980 swine, 5,493 swine slaughtered or sold, 4,845 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,692 other cattle, 3,942 sheep, 3,419 milk cows, 3,259 bushels of corn, 3,226 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,039 acres of barley, 2,236 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,171 cattle killed or sold, 2,086 horses aged over 3 years, 1,321 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1,272 acres of turnips, 882 geese, 872 occupants of farms, 808 horses aged 3 years and under, 733 ducks, 720 bushels of rye, 707 farm occupants who own their land, 551 acres of potatoes, 441 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 369 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 346 turkeys, Capacity of silos (tons): 241, 215 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 189 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 163 farm occupants who rent their land, 138 bushels of buckwheat, 94 bushels of beans, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 60 other fowl, 33 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Livingston | 1838–1920 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON124008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON150004_1861— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q4116651
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmot,_Ontario
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Wilmot, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wilmot-on124008-1891/.