Port Colborne, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Port Colborne, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Port Colborne, Village was a village 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, Village had a population of 1,154: 584 male and 570 female residents. Population density was 1150.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	988
1881	1,716
1891	1,154
1901	1,253
1911	1,624
1921	3,415

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, Village shared boundaries with:

Humberstone

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 155 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.70
FAM NO	243
Number of families	243
Number of females	570
Number of males	584
Number of married females	196
Number of married males	190
Number of married persons	386
Number of widowed females	38
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	53
POP F	570
POP M	584
POP TOT	1,154
Total population	1,154

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	336
Number of single males under 18	379
Number of single persons under 18	715

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,154

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	240
Number of houses built of brick	20
Number of houses built of stone	2
Number of houses built of wood	218
Number of houses of 1 room	2
Number of houses of 1 story	58
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	34
Number of houses of 2 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 stories	181
Number of houses of 3 rooms	14
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	26
Number of houses of 5 rooms	29
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	128
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	5
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	240
Number of uninhabited houses	36

Agriculture (57 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	11
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	26
Acres of farmland in pasture	212
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	198
Acres of farmland under crops	297
Acres of hay crops	71
Acres of improved land in farms	535
Acres of land in farms	733
Acres of oats	51
Acres of potatoes	23
Acres of turnips	4
Acres of wheat	30
BAR AC	11
BAR BU	130
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	130
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	12
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	80
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	718
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,090
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	12
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,529
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	165
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	2,525
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	199
BWT BU	80
CRN BU	718
HAY AC	71
HAY TONS	125
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	265
Number of chickens	790
Number of ducks	19
Number of farm occupants who own their land	35
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	7
Number of geese	3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	5
Number of horses aged over 3 years	68
Number of milk cows	67
Number of occupants of farms	42
Number of other cattle	24
Number of oxen	3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	32
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	275
Number of swine	110
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	175
OAT AC	51
OAT BU	1,090
PEA BU	12
POT AC	23
POT BU	2,529
Pounds of homemade butter	5,515
Tons of hay produced in the past year	125
WHT AC	30
WHT FALL BU	199
WHT SP BU	165

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	2
A 11 50	6
A 51 100	2
BEN BU	12
BUTTER LB	5,515
CATTLE KS	265
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	336
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	379
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	715
COLTS FILLIES	5
DUCKS	19
FAMILIES	243
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.70
FRN CA	0
GEESE	3
HENS AND CHKN	790
HORSES OVR THREE	68
HOUSES	240
HOUSES B	20
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	34
HOUSES FIVE RM	29
HOUSES FOUR RM	26
HOUSES ONE RM	2
HOUSES ONE STRY	58
HOUSES S	2
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	128
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	5
HOUSES THREE RM	14
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	2
HOUSES TWO STRY	181
HOUSES UNINH	36
HOUSES W	218
INF 11 A	32
MD FEM	196
MD MALE	190
MD TOT	386
MILK COWS	67
NAME CD	Welland
OC F	7
OC P	35
OC TOT	42
OTHER HRN CATTLE	24
OTHERS	1,154
SHEEP KS	275
SUP AM	535
SUP FOR	198
SUP JV	26
SUP PAT	212
SUP SC	297
SUP TOT	733
SWINE	110
SWINE KS	175
TOT DWLG OCC	240
TUR AC	4
TUR BU	2,525
WID FEM	38
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	53
WORKING OX	3

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON125008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON151012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q424704
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Colborne
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Colborne

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, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-colborne-village-on125008-1891/.