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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q7230953

Port Stanley, VL, Ontario (1891 census)

Port Stanley, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 616. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7230953. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.674°N, 81.201°W.

Population

In 1891, Port Stanley, VL had a population of 616: 309 male and 307 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1881674
1891616
1901552
1911891
1921973

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 Stanley, VL shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 616 total population, 309 males, 307 females, 196 married persons, 134 families, 98 married females, 98 married males, 31 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 389 single persons under 18, 200 single males under 18, 189 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 616 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 128 houses, 128 occupied houses, 122 houses built of wood, 103 houses of 1 story, 75 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,500 pounds of homemade butter, 3,134 bushels of potatoes, 2,602 bushels of turnips, 1,035 bushels of oats, 1,017 bushels of corn, 875 chickens, 867 acres of land in farms, 822 acres of improved land in farms, 800 bushels of winter wheat, 447 acres of farmland under crops, 442 bushels of peas, 274 acres of farmland in pasture, 207 tons of hay, 195 swine slaughtered or sold, 158 swine, 124 bushels of barley, 101 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 84 acres of hay crops, 80 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 66 bushels of buckwheat, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 57 milk cows, 55 geese, 54 acres of wheat, 54 bushels of beans, 47 ducks, 45 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 42 occupants of farms, 40 bushels of spring wheat, 36 sheep slaughtered or sold, 33 acres of oats, 33 acres of potatoes, 32 other cattle, 31 cattle killed or sold, 30 farm occupants who own their land, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 sheep, 13 acres of barley, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 acres of turnips, 5 turkeys, 3 other fowl, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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 Stanley, VL, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/port-stanley-vl-on060004-1891/.