St. Catharines, C, Ontario (1891 census)
St. Catharines, C was a city in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 9,170. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q126805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 43.161°N, 79.241°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Catharines, C had a population of 9,170: 4,280 male and 4,890 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 9,631 |
| 1891 | 9,170 |
| 1901 | 9,946 |
| 1921 | 19,881 |
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, St. Catharines, C shared boundaries with:
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 9,170 total population, 4,890 females, 4,280 males, 3,099 married persons, 1,961 families, 1,553 married females, 1,546 married males, 593 widowed persons, 461 widowed females, 132 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 5,478 single persons under 18, 2,876 single females under 18, 2,602 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 9,131 persons who are not French Canadian, 39 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,953 occupied houses, 1,952 houses, 1,327 houses built of wood, 1,167 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1,096 houses of 2 stories, 780 houses of 1 story, 590 houses built of brick, 337 houses of 5 rooms, 297 uninhabited houses, 201 houses of 4 rooms, 142 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 66 houses of 3 stories, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of over 15 rooms, 29 houses built of stone, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses under construction, 4 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,206 pounds of homemade butter, 7,028 chickens, 6,443 bushels of turnips, 6,181 bushels of potatoes, 3,459 acres of land in farms, 3,148 bushels of oats, 2,551 bushels of corn, 2,530 bushels of winter wheat, 2,114 acres of improved land in farms, 1,345 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 751 acres of farmland in pasture, 713 bushels of barley, 702 acres of farmland under crops, 661 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 646 horses aged over 3 years, 549 tons of hay, 487 bushels of spring wheat, 401 bushels of peas, 375 milk cows, 324 acres of hay crops, 288 swine, 283 occupants of farms, 251 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 239 ducks, 224 swine slaughtered or sold, 206 farm occupants who own their land, 135 acres of oats, 130 acres of wheat, 115 geese, 91 other cattle, 90 horses aged 3 years and under, 76 farm occupants who rent their land, 71 acres of potatoes, 68 cattle killed or sold, 38 acres of barley, 29 acres of turnips, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 25 sheep slaughtered or sold, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 other fowl, 12 bushels of beans, 12 turkeys, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 oxen, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Rodman Merritt | 1824–1906 | died here |
| Patrick Joseph Larkin | 1829–1900 | died here |
| Mary Agnes Snively | 1847–1933 | born here |
| William Hamilton Merritt | 1855–1918 | born here |
| Reuben Wells Leonard | 1860–1930 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON088009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON126009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q126805
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catharines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catharines
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). "St. Catharines, C, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/st-catharines-c-on088009-1891/.