Wolfe Island, Ontario (1891 census)

Wolfe Island was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,003. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q680569. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.179°N, 76.392°W.

Population

In 1891, Wolfe Island had a population of 2,003: 1,014 male and 989 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,003 total population, 1,014 males, 989 females, 630 married persons, 427 families, 315 married females, 315 married males, 89 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,284 single persons under 18, 665 single males under 18, 619 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,962 persons who are not French Canadian, 41 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 416 occupied houses, 415 houses, 386 houses built of wood, 379 houses of 2 stories, 240 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 44 uninhabited houses, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 29 houses of 1 story, 24 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses built of stone, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses built of brick, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 150,871 pounds of homemade butter, 72,979 bushels of oats, 38,058 bushels of barley, 31,083 acres of land in farms, 29,466 acres of improved land in farms, 28,373 bushels of peas, 22,681 acres of farmland under crops, 12,775 tons of hay, 11,967 acres of hay crops, 10,539 chickens, 10,306 bushels of potatoes, 7,538 bushels of spring wheat, 6,327 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,311 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,351 acres of oats, 2,645 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,547 acres of barley, 1,694 sheep, 1,617 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,509 bushels of turnips, 1,466 milk cows, 1,275 other cattle, 1,274 turkeys, 1,237 bushels of corn, 1,151 sheep slaughtered or sold, 989 acres of wheat, 863 swine, 839 horses aged over 3 years, 770 ducks, 597 geese, 573 swine slaughtered or sold, 458 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 402 occupants of farms, 391 cattle killed or sold, 307 horses aged 3 years and under, 282 bushels of buckwheat, 265 farm occupants who own their land, 229 acres of potatoes, 148 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 146 bushels of beans, 134 farm occupants who rent their land, 134 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 106 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 100 bushels of rye, 76 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 other fowl, 6 acres of turnips, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON064007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON069017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q680569
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe_Island
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_Wolfe

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). "Wolfe Island, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolfe-island-on064007-1891/.