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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q424704

Port Colborne, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)

Port Colborne, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,154. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q424704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.888°N, 79.262°W.

Population

In 1891, Port Colborne, T-V had a population of 1,154: 584 male and 570 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18911,154
19011,253
19111,624
19213,415

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, Port Colborne, T-V 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 1,154 total population, 584 males, 570 females, 386 married persons, 243 families, 196 married females, 190 married males, 53 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 715 single persons under 18, 379 single males under 18, 336 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,154 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 240 houses, 240 occupied houses, 218 houses built of wood, 181 houses of 2 stories, 128 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 1 story, 36 uninhabited houses, 34 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 20 houses built of brick, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,515 pounds of homemade butter, 2,529 bushels of potatoes, 2,525 bushels of turnips, 1,090 bushels of oats, 790 chickens, 733 acres of land in farms, 718 bushels of corn, 535 acres of improved land in farms, 297 acres of farmland under crops, 275 sheep slaughtered or sold, 265 cattle killed or sold, 212 acres of farmland in pasture, 199 bushels of winter wheat, 198 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 175 swine slaughtered or sold, 165 bushels of spring wheat, 130 bushels of barley, 125 tons of hay, 110 swine, 80 bushels of buckwheat, 71 acres of hay crops, 68 horses aged over 3 years, 67 milk cows, 51 acres of oats, 42 occupants of farms, 35 farm occupants who own their land, 32 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 acres of wheat, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 24 other cattle, 23 acres of potatoes, 19 ducks, 12 bushels of beans, 12 bushels of peas, 11 acres of barley, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 acres of turnips, 3 geese, 3 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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 Colborne, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-colborne-t-v-on125008-1891/.