Sault Ste. Marie, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)
Sault Ste. Marie, Town—Ville was a town in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 991. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q463165. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.520°N, 84.334°W.
Population
In 1891, Sault Ste. Marie, Town—Ville had a population of 991: 524 male and 467 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 991 |
| 1901 | 7,169 |
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 Sault Ste. Marie, 1881 (18.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Sault Ste. Marie, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 991 total population, 524 males, 467 females, 344 married persons, 197 families, 174 married males, 170 married females, 36 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 611 single persons under 18, 336 single males under 18, 275 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 980 persons who are not French Canadian, 11 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 194 houses, 194 occupied houses, 175 houses built of wood, 136 houses of 2 stories, 107 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 57 houses of 1 story, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses built of brick, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 3 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,339 acres of land in farms, 9,720 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,619 acres of improved land in farms, 2,633 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,960 bushels of potatoes, 1,250 bushels of peas, 1,080 bushels of oats, 917 acres of farmland under crops, 721 chickens, 600 bushels of spring wheat, 416 tons of hay, 350 bushels of turnips, 346 acres of hay crops, 132 occupants of farms, 125 farm occupants who own their land, 93 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 84 horses aged over 3 years, 69 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 other cattle, 50 bushels of barley, 50 milk cows, 48 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 37 acres of oats, 32 ducks, 30 acres of wheat, 26 swine, 16 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 turkeys, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 sheep, 11 acres of potatoes, 10 sheep slaughtered or sold, 8 geese, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 swine slaughtered or sold, 4 cattle killed or sold, 3 acres of barley, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Donald McGillivray | 1857–1900 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044025— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q463165
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault_Ste._Marie,_Ontario
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sault-Sainte-Marie_(Ontario)
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). "Sault Ste. Marie, Town—Ville, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/sault-ste-marie-town-ville-on046018-1891/.