Wolford, Ontario (1891 census)
Wolford was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,115. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.854°N, 75.829°W.
Population
In 1891, Wolford had a population of 2,115: 1,024 male and 1,091 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,961 |
| 1871 | 2,550 |
| 1881 | 2,401 |
| 1891 | 2,115 |
| 1901 | 1,855 |
| 1911 | 1,447 |
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, Wolford shared boundaries with:
- Augusta
- Elizabethtown
- Elmsley S
- Kitley
- Marlborough
- Merrickville, VL
- Montague
- Oxford
- Smith’s Falls, Town—Ville
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,115 total population, 1,091 females, 1,024 males, 767 married persons, 452 families, 385 married females, 382 married males, 87 widowed persons, 66 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,261 single persons under 18, 640 single females under 18, 621 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,115 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 447 houses, 447 occupied houses, 390 houses of 1 story, 339 houses built of wood, 191 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 73 houses of 4 rooms, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 59 houses built of brick, 57 houses of 2 stories, 50 houses of 2 rooms, 49 houses built of stone, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 26 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 87,790 pounds of homemade butter, 68,891 bushels of oats, 42,586 acres of land in farms, 35,365 bushels of potatoes, 28,264 acres of improved land in farms, 18,418 acres of farmland under crops, 16,552 bushels of corn, 14,557 chickens, 14,322 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,050 bushels of buckwheat, 9,568 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,412 bushels of turnips, 8,539 tons of hay, 8,022 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,306 acres of hay crops, 5,448 bushels of barley, 5,256 bushels of spring wheat, 4,853 acres of oats, 2,555 bushels of peas, 2,533 sheep, 2,472 milk cows, 2,198 turkeys, 2,067 geese, 1,714 swine, 1,329 other cattle, 1,312 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,184 swine slaughtered or sold, 896 horses aged over 3 years, 866 ducks, 794 acres of wheat, 598 cattle killed or sold, 436 occupants of farms, 421 bushels of winter wheat, 410 acres of potatoes, 391 acres of barley, 364 farm occupants who own their land, 333 horses aged 3 years and under, 278 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 274 bushels of beans, 201 bushels of rye, 140 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 134 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 114 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 72 farm occupants who rent their land, 66 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 acres of turnips, 3 other fowl, 3 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON085007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON071005_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Wolford, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/wolford-on085007-1891/.