Dawn, Ontario (1891 census)

Dawn was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,480. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.694°N, 82.125°W.

Population

In 1891, Dawn had a population of 3,480: 1,877 male and 1,603 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Dawn shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Enniskillen
• Euphemia
• Sombra
• Zone

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,480 total population, 1,877 males, 1,603 females, 1,169 married persons, 711 families, 586 married males, 583 married females, 103 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 50 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,208 single persons under 18, 1,241 single males under 18, 967 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,473 persons who are not French Canadian, 7 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 705 occupied houses, 665 houses, 659 houses built of wood, 430 houses of 1 story, 234 houses of 2 stories, 174 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 153 houses of 4 rooms, 110 houses of 3 rooms, 81 houses of 2 rooms, 63 houses of 5 rooms, 60 houses of 1 room, 40 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 22 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 142,595 pounds of homemade butter, 86,892 bushels of oats, 45,649 acres of land in farms, 33,748 bushels of winter wheat, 26,800 bushels of corn, 24,803 acres of improved land in farms, 20,846 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,310 acres of farmland under crops, 15,822 chickens, 15,408 bushels of barley, 15,212 bushels of peas, 11,796 bushels of potatoes, 7,814 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 6,313 tons of hay, 5,856 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,501 bushels of turnips, 4,445 acres of hay crops, 4,124 acres of oats, 3,998 bushels of spring wheat, 3,481 swine, 3,465 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,403 acres of wheat, 3,394 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,500 other cattle, 2,412 sheep, 1,938 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,583 milk cows, 1,291 cattle killed or sold, 1,278 horses aged over 3 years, 1,248 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,182 geese, 1,036 acres of barley, 819 bushels of beans, 637 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 630 occupants of farms, 582 turkeys, 549 farm occupants who own their land, 527 horses aged 3 years and under, 450 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 378 bushels of buckwheat, 357 ducks, 300 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 228 acres of potatoes, 227 bushels of rye, 212 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 80 farm occupants who rent their land, 58 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 49 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 42 other fowl, 26 acres of turnips, 13 oxen, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON047004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122003_1911 — 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). "Dawn, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dawn-on047004-1891/.