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

Port Hope, T-V was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 5,042. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q613870. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.949°N, 78.310°W.

Population

In 1891, Port Hope, T-V had a population of 5,042: 2,311 male and 2,731 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 Hope, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Hope

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 5,042 total population, 2,731 females, 2,311 males, 1,813 married persons, 1,111 families, 914 married females, 899 married males, 293 widowed persons, 226 widowed females, 67 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,936 single persons under 18, 1,591 single females under 18, 1,345 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 5,013 persons who are not French Canadian, 29 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,110 houses, 1,110 occupied houses, 733 houses built of wood, 723 houses of 1 story, 714 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 376 houses built of brick, 365 houses of 2 stories, 138 houses of 5 rooms, 122 houses of 4 rooms, 85 uninhabited houses, 61 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 3 stories, 15 houses of over 15 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,111 pounds of homemade butter, 8,328 bushels of turnips, 7,643 bushels of potatoes, 5,287 chickens, 4,213 bushels of oats, 2,425 bushels of barley, 2,202 acres of land in farms, 1,980 acres of improved land in farms, 1,715 bushels of winter wheat, 1,586 bushels of peas, 1,283 acres of farmland under crops, 1,080 bushels of spring wheat, 634 occupants of farms, 611 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 585 bushels of corn, 485 bushels of buckwheat, 421 farm occupants who own their land, 405 tons of hay, 358 acres of farmland in pasture, 339 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 318 horses aged over 3 years, 295 swine slaughtered or sold, 239 acres of hay crops, 222 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 213 farm occupants who rent their land, 201 bushels of rye, 179 acres of oats, 175 acres of wheat, 170 milk cows, 170 swine, 166 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 150 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 124 ducks, 123 bushels of beans, 121 acres of barley, 100 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 70 acres of potatoes, 64 other cattle, 54 cattle killed or sold, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 47 sheep slaughtered or sold, 22 sheep, 17 acres of turnips, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 other fowl, 8 geese, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON058005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON108008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q613870
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope,_Ontario
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Hope

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 Hope, T-V, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-hope-t-v-on058005-1891/.