Douro, Ontario (1891 census)

Douro was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,131. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115261304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.405°N, 78.213°W.

Population

In 1891, Douro had a population of 2,131: 1,107 male and 1,024 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, Douro shared boundaries with:

• Dummer
• Lakefield, VL
• Otonabee
• Peterborough, Town—Ville
• Smith

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,131 total population, 1,107 males, 1,024 females, 591 married persons, 369 families, 296 married males, 295 married females, 90 widowed persons, 65 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,450 single persons under 18, 786 single males under 18, 664 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,110 persons who are not French Canadian, 21 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 368 houses, 368 occupied houses, 339 houses of 1 story, 299 houses built of wood, 169 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 64 houses built of brick, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 41 houses of 3 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 28 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 111,274 bushels of oats, 56,757 pounds of homemade butter, 37,851 bushels of spring wheat, 36,866 acres of land in farms, 32,481 bushels of potatoes, 29,602 bushels of turnips, 28,443 acres of improved land in farms, 27,270 bushels of peas, 21,732 acres of farmland under crops, 16,942 bushels of barley, 13,667 chickens, 9,247 bushels of winter wheat, 8,423 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,323 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,160 acres of oats, 4,839 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,722 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,184 acres of wheat, 3,753 tons of hay, 3,348 acres of hay crops, 3,335 bushels of rye, 2,899 bushels of buckwheat, 1,645 milk cows, 1,542 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,530 other cattle, 1,343 swine, 1,176 sheep, 925 acres of barley, 843 horses aged over 3 years, 819 cattle killed or sold, 811 sheep slaughtered or sold, 797 geese, 717 turkeys, 572 ducks, 531 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 388 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 386 horses aged 3 years and under, 377 occupants of farms, 359 acres of potatoes, 309 farm occupants who own their land, 301 bushels of corn, 139 bushels of beans, 113 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 105 acres of turnips, 97 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 86 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 66 farm occupants who rent their land, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 45 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 other fowl, 13 oxen, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON110007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON138007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115261304

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). "Douro, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/douro-on110007-1891/.