Port Dalhousie, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Port Dalhousie, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 879. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230573. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.198°N, 79.251°W.
Population
In 1891, Port Dalhousie, Village had a population of 879: 430 male and 449 female residents. Population density was 876.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 Dalhousie, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.80 |
| FAM NO | 183 |
| Number of families | 183 |
| Number of females | 449 |
| Number of males | 430 |
| Number of married females | 155 |
| Number of married males | 158 |
| Number of married persons | 313 |
| Number of widowed females | 40 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 54 |
| POP F | 449 |
| POP M | 430 |
| POP TOT | 879 |
| Total population | 879 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 254 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 258 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 512 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 10 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 869 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 181 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 13 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 168 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 168 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 9 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 31 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 105 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 182 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 31 |
Agriculture (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 12 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 58 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 65 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 229 |
| Acres of hay crops | 73 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 352 |
| Acres of land in farms | 352 |
| Acres of oats | 22 |
| Acres of potatoes | 15 |
| Acres of turnips | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 62 |
| BAR AC | 12 |
| BAR BU | 200 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,700 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 550 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 905 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 300 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 240 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 890 |
| CRN BU | 1,700 |
| HAY AC | 73 |
| HAY TONS | 108 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2 |
| Number of chickens | 1,321 |
| Number of ducks | 37 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 7 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of geese | 63 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 24 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 70 |
| Number of milk cows | 48 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 8 |
| Number of other cattle | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 5 |
| Number of sheep | 30 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 9 |
| Number of swine | 77 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 3 |
| Number of turkeys | 3 |
| OAT AC | 22 |
| OAT BU | 550 |
| POT AC | 15 |
| POT BU | 905 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 125 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,000 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 108 |
| WHT AC | 62 |
| WHT FALL BU | 890 |
| WHT SP BU | 300 |
Other recorded variables (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 10 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,000 |
| CATTLE KS | 2 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 254 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 258 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 512 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 24 |
| DUCKS | 37 |
| FAMILIES | 183 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.80 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 125 |
| FRN CA | 10 |
| GEESE | 63 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,321 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 70 |
| HOUSES | 181 |
| HOUSES B | 13 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 21 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 31 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 15 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 168 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 105 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 9 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 31 |
| HOUSES W | 168 |
| INF 11 A | 5 |
| MD FEM | 155 |
| MD MALE | 158 |
| MD TOT | 313 |
| MILK COWS | 48 |
| NAME CD | Lincoln and Niagara |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 7 |
| OC TOT | 8 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 11 |
| OTHERS | 869 |
| SHEEP | 30 |
| SHEEP KS | 9 |
| SUP AM | 352 |
| SUP JV | 58 |
| SUP PAT | 65 |
| SUP SC | 229 |
| SUP TOT | 352 |
| SWINE | 77 |
| SWINE KS | 3 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 182 |
| TUR AC | 2 |
| TUR BU | 240 |
| TURKEY | 3 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 40 |
| WID MALE | 14 |
| WID TOT | 54 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON088008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: Q7230573
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Dalhousie
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 Dalhousie, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-dalhousie-village-on088008-1891/.