Niagara, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Niagara, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,349. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q448372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.254°N, 79.080°W.

Population

In 1891, Niagara, Town—Ville had a population of 1,349: 605 male and 744 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, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Niagara

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,349 total population, 744 females, 605 males, 424 married persons, 310 families, 212 married females, 212 married males, 106 widowed persons, 80 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 819 single persons under 18, 452 single females under 18, 367 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,349 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 302 houses, 302 occupied houses, 255 houses built of wood, 171 houses of 1 story, 145 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 123 houses of 2 stories, 50 uninhabited houses, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 34 houses built of brick, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of over 15 rooms, 13 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,625 pounds of homemade butter, 2,123 chickens, 954 acres of land in farms, 866 acres of improved land in farms, 750 bushels of potatoes, 563 bushels of oats, 514 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 470 bushels of winter wheat, 335 bushels of turnips, 301 tons of hay, 245 occupants of farms, 230 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 213 acres of hay crops, 203 acres of farmland under crops, 177 farm occupants who own their land, 151 horses aged over 3 years, 149 acres of farmland in pasture, 137 milk cows, 120 ducks, 115 bushels of corn, 113 bushels of barley, 92 geese, 88 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 88 swine, 85 swine slaughtered or sold, 68 farm occupants who rent their land, 53 other cattle, 48 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 27 acres of wheat, 19 acres of oats, 14 acres of potatoes, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 sheep, 10 turkeys, 8 acres of barley, 6 cattle killed or sold, 3 bushels of beans, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: ON088007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON085008_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q448372
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara-on-the-Lake

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, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/niagara-town-ville-on088007-1891/.