Fort Erie, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Fort Erie, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 934. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q268103. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.910°N, 78.922°W.
Population
In 1891, Fort Erie, Village had a population of 934: 464 male and 470 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 934 |
| 1901 | 890 |
| 1911 | 1,146 |
| 1921 | 1,546 |
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, Fort Erie, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 934 total population, 470 females, 464 males, 319 married persons, 195 families, 161 married males, 158 married females, 59 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 556 single persons under 18, 291 single males under 18, 265 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 933 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 195 houses, 195 occupied houses, 190 houses built of wood, 118 houses of 2 stories, 109 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 77 houses of 1 story, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,911 bushels of oats, 1,850 pounds of homemade butter, 1,463 bushels of winter wheat, 1,358 chickens, 811 bushels of potatoes, 724 acres of land in farms, 667 acres of improved land in farms, 385 acres of farmland under crops, 222 tons of hay, 215 acres of farmland in pasture, 139 acres of hay crops, 138 other fowl, 110 bushels of turnips, 94 milk cows, 93 acres of oats, 80 bushels of buckwheat, 80 bushels of peas, 76 acres of wheat, 72 horses aged over 3 years, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 bushels of corn, 57 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 51 swine, 48 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 47 occupants of farms, 42 farm occupants who own their land, 38 other cattle, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 ducks, 18 geese, 12 acres of potatoes, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 sheep, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 turkeys, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 swine slaughtered or sold, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 cattle killed or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON125004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON151016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q268103
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Erie,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_%C3%89ri%C3%A9_(Ontario)
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). "Fort Erie, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/fort-erie-village-on125004-1891/.