Niagara, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Niagara, Town—Ville (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

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 density was 1344.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,441
1891	1,349
1901	1,258
1911	1,318
1921	1,357

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 151 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	310
Number of families	310
Number of females	744
Number of males	605
Number of married females	212
Number of married males	212
Number of married persons	424
Number of widowed females	80
Number of widowed males	26
Number of widowed persons	106
POP F	744
POP M	605
POP TOT	1,349
Total population	1,349

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	452
Number of single males under 18	367
Number of single persons under 18	819

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,349

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	302
Number of houses built of brick	34
Number of houses built of stone	13
Number of houses built of wood	255
Number of houses of 1 story	171
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	36
Number of houses of 2 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 stories	123
Number of houses of 3 rooms	22
Number of houses of 3 stories	8
Number of houses of 4 rooms	37
Number of houses of 5 rooms	46
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	145
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	14
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	302
Number of uninhabited houses	50

Agriculture (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	8
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	514
Acres of farmland in pasture	149
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	88
Acres of farmland under crops	203
Acres of hay crops	213
Acres of improved land in farms	866
Acres of land in farms	954
Acres of oats	19
Acres of potatoes	14
Acres of turnips	2
Acres of wheat	27
BAR AC	8
BAR BU	113
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	113
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	3
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	115
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	563
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	750
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	335
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	470
CRN BU	115
HAY AC	213
HAY TONS	301
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	6
Number of chickens	2,123
Number of ducks	120
Number of farm occupants who own their land	177
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	68
Number of geese	92
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	35
Number of horses aged over 3 years	151
Number of milk cows	137
Number of occupants of farms	245
Number of other cattle	53
Number of oxen	1
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	230
Number of sheep	12
Number of swine	88
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	85
Number of turkeys	10
OAT AC	19
OAT BU	563
POT AC	14
POT BU	750
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	48
Pounds of homemade butter	5,625
Tons of hay produced in the past year	301
WHT AC	27
WHT FALL BU	470

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	12
A 51 100	2
BEN BU	3
BUTTER LB	5,625
CATTLE KS	6
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	452
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	367
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	819
COARSE WOOL LB	48
COLTS FILLIES	35
DUCKS	120
FAMILIES	310
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.40
FRN CA	0
GEESE	92
HENS AND CHKN	2,123
HORSES OVR THREE	151
HOUSES	302
HOUSES B	34
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	36
HOUSES FIVE RM	46
HOUSES FOUR RM	37
HOUSES ONE STRY	171
HOUSES S	13
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	145
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	14
HOUSES THREE RM	22
HOUSES THREE STRY	8
HOUSES TWO RM	2
HOUSES TWO STRY	123
HOUSES UNINH	50
HOUSES W	255
INF 11 A	230
MD FEM	212
MD MALE	212
MD TOT	424
MILK COWS	137
NAME CD	Lincoln and Niagara
OC F	68
OC P	177
OC TOT	245
OTHER HRN CATTLE	53
OTHERS	1,349
SHEEP	12
SUP AM	866
SUP FOR	88
SUP JV	514
SUP PAT	149
SUP SC	203
SUP TOT	954
SWINE	88
SWINE KS	85
TOT DWLG OCC	302
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	335
TURKEY	10
WID FEM	80
WID MALE	26
WID TOT	106
WORKING OX	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON088007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON126011 — 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/.