Port Dalhousie, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Port Dalhousie, VL 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, VL had a population of 879: 430 male and 449 female residents.

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, VL shared boundaries with:

• Grantham

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 879 total population, 449 females, 430 males, 313 married persons, 183 families, 158 married males, 155 married females, 54 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 512 single persons under 18, 258 single males under 18, 254 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 869 persons who are not French Canadian, 10 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 182 occupied houses, 181 houses, 168 houses built of wood, 168 houses of 1 story, 105 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses built of brick, 9 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,000 pounds of homemade butter, 1,700 bushels of corn, 1,321 chickens, 905 bushels of potatoes, 890 bushels of winter wheat, 550 bushels of oats, 352 acres of improved land in farms, 352 acres of land in farms, 300 bushels of spring wheat, 240 bushels of turnips, 229 acres of farmland under crops, 200 bushels of barley, 125 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 108 tons of hay, 77 swine, 73 acres of hay crops, 70 horses aged over 3 years, 65 acres of farmland in pasture, 63 geese, 62 acres of wheat, 58 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 48 milk cows, 37 ducks, 30 sheep, 24 horses aged 3 years and under, 22 acres of oats, 15 acres of potatoes, 12 acres of barley, 11 other cattle, 10 bushels of beans, 9 sheep slaughtered or sold, 8 occupants of farms, 7 farm occupants who own their land, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 swine slaughtered or sold, 3 turkeys, 2 acres of turnips, 2 cattle killed or sold, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-dalhousie-vl-on088008-1891/.