Dundas, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Dundas, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Dundas, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,546. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.270°N, 79.963°W.

Population

In 1891, Dundas, Town—Ville had a population of 3,546: 1,687 male and 1,859 female residents. Population density was 3535.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1851	3,517
1861	2,852
1871	3,135
1881	3,709
1891	3,546
1901	3,173
1911	4,299
1921	4,978

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, Dundas, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

Flamborough W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.20
FAM NO	678
Number of families	678
Number of females	1,859
Number of males	1,687
Number of married females	543
Number of married males	535
Number of married persons	1,078
Number of widowed females	168
Number of widowed males	69
Number of widowed persons	237
POP F	1,859
POP M	1,687
POP TOT	3,546
Total population	3,546

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	1,148
Number of single males under 18	1,083
Number of single persons under 18	2,231

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	85
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	3,461

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	677
Number of houses built of brick	195
Number of houses built of stone	43
Number of houses built of wood	439
Number of houses of 1 room	2
Number of houses of 1 story	457
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	33
Number of houses of 2 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 stories	211
Number of houses of 3 rooms	9
Number of houses of 3 stories	9
Number of houses of 4 rooms	78
Number of houses of 5 rooms	127
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	416
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	5
Number of occupied houses	677
Number of uninhabited houses	65

Agriculture (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	11
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	46
Acres of farmland in pasture	31
Acres of farmland under crops	55
Acres of hay crops	88
Acres of improved land in farms	132
Acres of land in farms	132
Acres of oats	36
Acres of potatoes	27
Acres of turnips	11
Acres of wheat	50
BAR AC	11
BAR BU	320
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	320
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	575
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,005
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	102
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	3,364
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	16
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	161
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	5,733
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	696
CRN BU	575
HAY AC	88
HAY TONS	150
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	5
Number of chickens	3,114
Number of ducks	126
Number of farm occupants who own their land	15
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	134
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	8
Number of horses aged over 3 years	181
Number of milk cows	115
Number of occupants of farms	17
Number of other cattle	31
Number of other fowl	35
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	15
Number of swine	78
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	9
OAT AC	36
OAT BU	1,005
PEA BU	102
POT AC	27
POT BU	3,364
Pounds of homemade butter	700
RYE BU	16
Tons of hay produced in the past year	150
WHT AC	50
WHT FALL BU	696
WHT SP BU	161

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
A 51 100	1
BUTTER LB	700
CATTLE KS	5
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	1,148
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,083
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	2,231
COLTS FILLIES	8
DUCKS	126
FAMILIES	678
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.20
FRN CA	85
GEESE	134
HENS AND CHKN	3,114
HORSES OVR THREE	181
HOUSES	677
HOUSES B	195
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	33
HOUSES FIVE RM	127
HOUSES FOUR RM	78
HOUSES ONE RM	2
HOUSES ONE STRY	457
HOUSES S	43
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	416
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	5
HOUSES THREE RM	9
HOUSES THREE STRY	9
HOUSES TWO RM	7
HOUSES TWO STRY	211
HOUSES UNINH	65
HOUSES W	439
INF 11 A	15
MD FEM	543
MD MALE	535
MD TOT	1,078
MILK COWS	115
NAME CD	Wentworth, North-Nord
OC F	2
OC P	15
OC TOT	17
OTHER FOWL	35
OTHER HRN CATTLE	31
OTHERS	3,461
SUP AM	132
SUP JV	46
SUP PAT	31
SUP SC	55
SUP TOT	132
SWINE	78
SWINE KS	9
TOT DWLG OCC	677
TUR AC	11
TUR BU	5,733
WID FEM	168
WID MALE	69
WID TOT	237
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON129002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON153010 — 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). "Dundas, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dundas-town-ville-on129002-1891/.