Year: 1891
| Province: Ontario
Dunnville, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Dunnville, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,776. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.909°N, 79.614°W.
Population
In 1891, Dunnville, Village had a population of 1,776: 879 male and 897 female residents. Population density was 1770.5 people per square mile.
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, Dunnville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.40 |
| FAM NO | 399 |
| Number of families | 399 |
| Number of females | 897 |
| Number of males | 879 |
| Number of married females | 315 |
| Number of married males | 312 |
| Number of married persons | 627 |
| Number of widowed females | 64 |
| Number of widowed males | 33 |
| Number of widowed persons | 97 |
| POP F | 897 |
| POP M | 879 |
| POP TOT | 1,776 |
| Total population | 1,776 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 518 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 534 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,052 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 1,775 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 397 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 69 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 324 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 7 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 205 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 172 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 15 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 34 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 51 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 239 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 398 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 47 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 207 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 292 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 129 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 164 |
| Acres of hay crops | 116 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 663 |
| Acres of land in farms | 792 |
| Acres of oats | 35 |
| Acres of potatoes | 38 |
| Acres of turnips | 5 |
| Acres of wheat | 19 |
| BAR AC | 4 |
| BAR BU | 60 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 659 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 425 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,242 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,327 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 210 |
| BWT BU | 50 |
| CRN BU | 659 |
| HAY AC | 116 |
| HAY TONS | 180 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2 |
| Number of chickens | 1,838 |
| Number of ducks | 26 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 210 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 96 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 22 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 167 |
| Number of milk cows | 94 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 306 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of other fowl | 8 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 293 |
| Number of sheep | 20 |
| Number of swine | 98 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 116 |
| Number of turkeys | 20 |
| OAT AC | 35 |
| OAT BU | 425 |
| PEA BU | 50 |
| POT AC | 38 |
| POT BU | 3,242 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 80 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 5,500 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 180 |
| WHT AC | 19 |
| WHT FALL BU | 210 |
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 10 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 5,500 |
| CATTLE KS | 2 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 518 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 534 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,052 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 80 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 22 |
| DUCKS | 26 |
| FAMILIES | 399 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.40 |
| FRN CA | 1 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| GRA BU | 18 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,838 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 167 |
| HOUSES | 397 |
| HOUSES B | 69 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 51 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 34 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 205 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 239 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 5 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 18 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 15 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 11 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 172 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 47 |
| HOUSES W | 324 |
| INF 11 A | 293 |
| MD FEM | 315 |
| MD MALE | 312 |
| MD TOT | 627 |
| MILK COWS | 94 |
| NAME CD | Monck |
| OC F | 96 |
| OC P | 210 |
| OC TOT | 306 |
| OTHER FOWL | 8 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 1,775 |
| SHEEP | 20 |
| SUP AM | 663 |
| SUP FOR | 129 |
| SUP JV | 207 |
| SUP PAT | 292 |
| SUP SC | 164 |
| SUP TOT | 792 |
| SWINE | 98 |
| SWINE KS | 116 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 398 |
| TUR AC | 5 |
| TUR BU | 1,327 |
| TURKEY | 20 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 64 |
| WID MALE | 33 |
| WID TOT | 97 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON094004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON115012 — 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). "Dunnville, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/dunnville-village-on094004-1891/.