Dawson, Ontario (1891 census)
Dawson was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 113. 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. Population density was 1.6 people per square mile.
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 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 3.70 |
| FAM NO | 30 |
| Number of families | 30 |
| Number of females | 53 |
| Number of males | 60 |
| Number of married females | 24 |
| Number of married males | 25 |
| Number of married persons | 49 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed persons | 2 |
| POP F | 53 |
| POP M | 60 |
| POP TOT | 113 |
| Total population | 113 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 27 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 35 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 62 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 113 |
Buildings & housing (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 23 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 23 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 22 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 24 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 5 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 164 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,753 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 378 |
| Acres of hay crops | 238 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 547 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,300 |
| Acres of oats | 19 |
| Acres of potatoes | 11 |
| Acres of turnips | 8 |
| Acres of wheat | 45 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 375 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,250 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,350 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 345 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,077 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 190 |
| HAY AC | 238 |
| HAY TONS | 263 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 26 |
| Number of chickens | 337 |
| Number of ducks | 4 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 21 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 2 |
| Number of geese | 26 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 15 |
| Number of milk cows | 40 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 23 |
| Number of other cattle | 70 |
| Number of oxen | 19 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of sheep | 49 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 13 |
| Number of swine | 153 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 82 |
| Number of turkeys | 2 |
| OAT AC | 19 |
| OAT BU | 375 |
| PEA BU | 1,250 |
| POT AC | 11 |
| POT BU | 1,350 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 12 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 237 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,870 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 263 |
| WHT AC | 45 |
| WHT FALL BU | 190 |
| WHT SP BU | 345 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 11 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| A 201 PL | 5 |
| A 51 100 | 5 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,870 |
| CATTLE KS | 26 |
| CHEESE LB | 20 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 27 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 35 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 62 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 12 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| DUCKS | 4 |
| FAMILIES | 30 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 3.70 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 237 |
| FRN CA | 0 |
| GEESE | 26 |
| GRA BU | 4 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 337 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 15 |
| HOUSES | 23 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 22 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 23 |
| MD FEM | 24 |
| MD MALE | 25 |
| MD TOT | 49 |
| MILK COWS | 40 |
| NAME CD | Algoma (Eastern Division-Est.) |
| OC F | 2 |
| OC P | 21 |
| OC TOT | 23 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 70 |
| OTHERS | 113 |
| SHEEP | 49 |
| SHEEP KS | 13 |
| SUP AM | 547 |
| SUP FOR | 3,753 |
| SUP JV | 5 |
| SUP PAT | 164 |
| SUP SC | 378 |
| SUP TOT | 4,300 |
| SWINE | 153 |
| SWINE KS | 82 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 24 |
| TUR AC | 8 |
| TUR BU | 1,077 |
| TURKEY | 2 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 2 |
| WID MALE | 0 |
| WID TOT | 2 |
| WORKING OX | 19 |
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: 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). "Dawson, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dawson-on046053-1891/.