Port Rowan, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Port Rowan, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 649. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3398395. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.634°N, 80.453°W.

Population

In 1891, Port Rowan, VL had a population of 649: 307 male and 342 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).

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 was contained in Walsingham, 1881 (0.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Port Rowan, VL shared boundaries with:

• Walsingham

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 649 total population, 342 females, 307 males, 215 married persons, 141 families, 108 married males, 107 married females, 50 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 384 single persons under 18, 197 single females under 18, 187 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 649 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 136 houses, 136 occupied houses, 129 houses built of wood, 83 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 76 houses of 1 story, 60 houses of 2 stories, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,388 pounds of homemade butter, 4,568 bushels of winter wheat, 3,493 bushels of oats, 1,829 bushels of peas, 1,238 acres of land in farms, 1,163 chickens, 1,157 acres of improved land in farms, 1,154 bushels of corn, 948 acres of farmland under crops, 773 bushels of potatoes, 276 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 275 tons of hay, 222 acres of wheat, 180 swine slaughtered or sold, 163 acres of hay crops, 150 bushels of turnips, 149 swine, 135 occupants of farms, 129 acres of farmland in pasture, 118 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 116 acres of oats, 93 farm occupants who own their land, 81 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 80 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 80 horses aged over 3 years, 79 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 78 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 70 sheep, 68 milk cows, 59 other cattle, 52 cattle killed or sold, 52 sheep slaughtered or sold, 45 bushels of spring wheat, 42 farm occupants who rent their land, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 33 ducks, 20 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 bushels of beans, 11 acres of potatoes, 11 turkeys, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 geese, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 oxen, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: ON098004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON131012_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3398395
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Rowan
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Rowan

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 Rowan, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-rowan-vl-on098004-1891/.