Port Arthur S, Ontario (1891 census)

Port Arthur S was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 816. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230482. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.372°N, 89.259°W.

Population

In 1891, Port Arthur S had a population of 816: 450 male and 366 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Port Arthur, 1901 (26.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Port Arthur S shared boundaries with:

• Neebing Centre & S
• Neebing N
• Port Arthur Centre
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 816 total population, 450 males, 366 females, 300 married persons, 168 married males, 149 families, 132 married females, 23 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 493 single persons under 18, 276 single males under 18, 217 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 796 persons who are not French Canadian, 20 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 149 occupied houses, 140 houses, 134 houses built of wood, 75 houses of 1 story, 59 houses of 2 stories, 59 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 9 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses built of stone, 5 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,527 acres of land in farms, 4,899 acres of improved land in farms, 4,628 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,830 pounds of homemade butter, 3,468 acres of farmland under crops, 2,753 bushels of potatoes, 1,444 chickens, 1,420 acres of farmland in pasture, 550 bushels of turnips, 265 bushels of oats, 96 swine, 93 acres of hay crops, 85 milk cows, 73 horses aged over 3 years, 57 ducks, 50 bushels of barley, 43 other cattle, 40 bushels of peas, 39 swine slaughtered or sold, 33 tons of hay, 30 cattle killed or sold, 26 occupants of farms, 25 farm occupants who own their land, 23 geese, 21 acres of potatoes, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 turkeys, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 bushels of spring wheat, 9 other fowl, 9 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 acres of oats, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 3 acres of turnips, 3 acres of wheat, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046039 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046039 — 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 S, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-arthur-s-on046039-1891/.