Niagara Falls, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)
Niagara Falls, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,349. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q274120. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.096°N, 79.077°W.
Population
In 1891, Niagara Falls, Town—Ville had a population of 3,349: 1,648 male and 1,701 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Clifton, Town—Ville, 1881 (61.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Niagara Falls, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,349 total population, 1,701 females, 1,648 males, 1,220 married persons, 665 families, 610 married females, 610 married males, 159 widowed persons, 120 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,970 single persons under 18, 999 single males under 18, 971 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,341 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 657 houses, 657 occupied houses, 572 houses built of wood, 457 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 449 houses of 2 stories, 187 houses of 1 story, 70 houses built of brick, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 51 uninhabited houses, 49 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 3 stories, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of over 15 rooms, 15 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,397 chickens, 2,156 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,578 bushels of oats, 1,242 acres of land in farms, 1,167 bushels of potatoes, 1,003 acres of improved land in farms, 996 cattle killed or sold, 924 bushels of corn, 783 bushels of winter wheat, 754 bushels of turnips, 650 pounds of homemade butter, 631 acres of farmland under crops, 294 bushels of peas, 288 tons of hay, 260 occupants of farms, 245 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 239 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 235 horses aged over 3 years, 200 bushels of spring wheat, 190 acres of farmland in pasture, 182 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 179 acres of hay crops, 168 farm occupants who own their land, 113 milk cows, 92 farm occupants who rent their land, 88 swine slaughtered or sold, 79 acres of oats, 61 swine, 52 bushels of barley, 50 ducks, 49 acres of wheat, 45 other cattle, 38 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 31 other fowl, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 turkeys, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 acres of potatoes, 9 acres of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 sheep, 7 bushels of buckwheat, 6 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 geese, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa Annie Murray | 1818–1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON125006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON125006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q274120
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_Falls_(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). "Niagara Falls, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-falls-town-ville-on125006-1891/.