Port Findlay, Ontario (1891 census)

Port Findlay was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 795. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.380°N, 84.036°W.

Population

In 1891, Port Findlay had a population of 795: 457 male and 338 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Tarbutt, 1881 (38.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Tarbutt, 1901 (37.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Bar River, 1901 (62.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Port Findlay shared boundaries with:

• Grande Pointe
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 795 total population, 457 males, 338 females, 228 married persons, 161 families, 117 married males, 111 married females, 33 widowed persons, 21 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 534 single persons under 18, 319 single males under 18, 215 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 790 persons who are not French Canadian, 5 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 157 occupied houses, 146 houses, 141 houses built of wood, 77 houses of 1 story, 68 houses of 2 stories, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 27 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 1 room, 11 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 8 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,736 acres of land in farms, 25,932 pounds of homemade butter, 24,370 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,047 bushels of oats, 6,683 bushels of potatoes, 4,390 bushels of peas, 4,366 acres of improved land in farms, 3,521 acres of farmland under crops, 2,980 bushels of turnips, 2,188 chickens, 1,839 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,579 tons of hay, 1,403 acres of hay crops, 1,345 bushels of spring wheat, 784 acres of farmland in pasture, 656 bushels of barley, 577 acres of oats, 525 bushels of winter wheat, 471 swine, 439 sheep, 409 other cattle, 391 swine slaughtered or sold, 312 milk cows, 244 acres of wheat, 178 cattle killed or sold, 175 occupants of farms, 172 sheep slaughtered or sold, 170 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 166 farm occupants who own their land, 146 horses aged over 3 years, 96 oxen, 89 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 74 acres of potatoes, 70 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 65 turkeys, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 57 acres of barley, 57 geese, 47 ducks, 37 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 acres of turnips, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON046016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON046016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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 Findlay, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-findlay-on046016-1891/.