Dover, Ontario (1891 census)
Dover was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,415. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.437°N, 82.341°W.
Population
In 1891, Dover had a population of 4,415: 2,333 male and 2,082 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 4,447 |
| 1891 | 4,415 |
| 1901 | 4,464 |
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, Dover shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,415 total population, 2,333 males, 2,082 females, 1,416 married persons, 846 families, 712 married males, 704 married females, 144 widowed persons, 89 widowed females, 55 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,855 single persons under 18, 1,566 single males under 18, 1,289 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,418 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,997 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 837 occupied houses, 833 houses, 743 houses built of wood, 507 houses of 1 story, 326 houses of 2 stories, 292 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 132 houses of 2 rooms, 126 houses of 4 rooms, 123 houses of 3 rooms, 109 houses of 5 rooms, 90 houses built of brick, 29 houses of 1 room, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 260,203 bushels of corn, 198,415 pounds of homemade butter, 145,525 bushels of oats, 131,423 bushels of winter wheat, 51,942 acres of land in farms, 45,277 acres of improved land in farms, 36,109 bushels of barley, 31,783 chickens, 30,891 acres of farmland under crops, 30,607 bushels of beans, 29,384 bushels of potatoes, 28,107 bushels of spring wheat, 22,257 bushels of peas, 18,012 bushels of turnips, 13,368 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,016 swine, 9,148 swine slaughtered or sold, 8,922 acres of wheat, 7,627 tons of hay, 6,665 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,278 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,543 acres of oats, 4,351 acres of hay crops, 4,165 other cattle, 3,657 bushels of buckwheat, 2,419 milk cows, 2,338 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,276 cattle killed or sold, 2,145 horses aged over 3 years, 1,967 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,779 sheep, 1,641 ducks, 1,511 acres of barley, 1,478 geese, 1,330 turkeys, 943 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 901 horses aged 3 years and under, 783 occupants of farms, 577 farm occupants who own their land, 336 acres of potatoes, 331 bushels of rye, 284 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 210 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 205 farm occupants who rent their land, 168 persons living on farms under 10 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 161, 125 other fowl, 99 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 58 acres of turnips, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON079003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON076003— 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). "Dover, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dover-on079003-1891/.