Niagara, Ontario (1891 census)

Niagara was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,845. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.200°N, 79.107°W.

Population

In 1891, Niagara had a population of 1,845: 939 male and 906 female residents.

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, Niagara shared boundaries with:

• Grantham
• Niagara, Town—Ville
• Stamford

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,845 total population, 939 males, 906 females, 654 married persons, 386 families, 327 married females, 327 married males, 85 widowed persons, 64 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,106 single persons under 18, 591 single males under 18, 515 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,844 persons who are not French Canadian, 1 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 385 houses, 385 occupied houses, 320 houses built of wood, 305 houses of 2 stories, 221 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 75 houses of 1 story, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses built of stone, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses built of brick, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 100,774 pounds of homemade butter, 38,973 bushels of winter wheat, 36,133 bushels of oats, 30,725 bushels of corn, 21,462 acres of land in farms, 19,858 bushels of potatoes, 19,459 acres of improved land in farms, 12,507 acres of farmland under crops, 11,867 bushels of turnips, 11,020 bushels of barley, 9,953 chickens, 7,507 tons of hay, 4,766 acres of hay crops, 3,906 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,602 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,046 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2,516 acres of wheat, 2,109 acres of oats, 2,003 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,880 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,394 bushels of peas, 1,255 swine, 1,079 other cattle, 1,072 sheep, 1,071 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,044 bushels of buckwheat, 1,029 bushels of rye, 931 horses aged over 3 years, 922 sheep slaughtered or sold, 815 milk cows, 761 acres of barley, 486 cattle killed or sold, 463 ducks, 418 bushels of spring wheat, 379 horses aged 3 years and under, 332 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 331 geese, 331 turkeys, 320 occupants of farms, 263 acres of potatoes, 247 farm occupants who own their land, 104 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 93 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 87 bushels of beans, 72 farm occupants who rent their land, 65 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 55 acres of turnips, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 15, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON088006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126008 — 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). "Niagara, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-on088006-1891/.