Dawson, Ontario (1891 census)
Dawson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 113. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261246. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.901°N, 83.097°W.
Population
In 1891, Dawson had a population of 113: 60 male and 53 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Dawson, Cockburn Island, 1881 (50.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Dawson shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 113 total population, 60 males, 53 females, 49 married persons, 30 families, 25 married males, 24 married females, 3.70 average size of families, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 62 single persons under 18, 35 single males under 18, 27 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 113 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 24 occupied houses, 23 houses, 23 houses built of wood, 22 houses of 1 story, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,870 pounds of homemade butter, 4,300 acres of land in farms, 3,753 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,350 bushels of potatoes, 1,250 bushels of peas, 1,077 bushels of turnips, 547 acres of improved land in farms, 378 acres of farmland under crops, 375 bushels of oats, 345 bushels of spring wheat, 337 chickens, 263 tons of hay, 238 acres of hay crops, 237 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 190 bushels of winter wheat, 164 acres of farmland in pasture, 153 swine, 82 swine slaughtered or sold, 70 other cattle, 49 sheep, 45 acres of wheat, 40 milk cows, 26 cattle killed or sold, 26 geese, 23 occupants of farms, 21 farm occupants who own their land, 20 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 19 acres of oats, 19 oxen, 15 horses aged over 3 years, 13 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11 acres of potatoes, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 ducks, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046053— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046053— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q115261246
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). "Dawson, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dawson-on046053-1891/.