Port Arthur N, Ontario (1891 census)
Port Arthur N was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 907. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230482. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.453°N, 89.216°W.
Population
In 1891, Port Arthur N had a population of 907: 489 male and 418 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 Prince Arthur, 1881 (31.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Port Arthur, Town—Ville, 1901 (12.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Port Arthur N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 907 total population, 489 males, 418 females, 315 married persons, 187 families, 167 married males, 148 married females, 34 widowed persons, 20 widowed males, 14 widowed females, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 558 single persons under 18, 302 single males under 18, 256 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 895 persons who are not French Canadian, 12 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 184 occupied houses, 135 houses, 132 houses built of wood, 93 houses of 1 story, 80 uninhabited houses, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 38 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,450 bushels of potatoes, 3,127 bushels of spring wheat, 2,054 chickens, 1,074 acres of land in farms, 1,030 pounds of homemade butter, 699 acres of improved land in farms, 539 acres of farmland under crops, 495 bushels of oats, 450 bushels of turnips, 375 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 271 tons of hay, 205 acres of wheat, 136 occupants of farms, 133 acres of hay crops, 130 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 104 ducks, 98 milk cows, 91 acres of farmland in pasture, 90 farm occupants who own their land, 69 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 bushels of peas, 49 swine, 42 farm occupants who rent their land, 42 other fowl, 41 horses aged over 3 years, 40 bushels of corn, 30 bushels of barley, 30 geese, 30 other cattle, 27 turkeys, 24 acres of oats, 20 acres of potatoes, 15 swine slaughtered or sold, 6 cattle killed or sold, 5 bushels of beans, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 employees on farms, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046038— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046038— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7230482
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_(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). "Port Arthur N, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-arthur-n-on046038-1891/.