Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1891 census)

Name: Portage la Prairie (1891)
Address: Manitoba, CA

Portage la Prairie was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,882. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661004. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.067°N, 98.284°W.

Population

In 1891, Portage la Prairie had a population of 3,882: 2,230 male and 1,652 female residents.

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 contained Burnside, 1881 (1.0% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD became part of Portage la Prairie, 1901 (89.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Portage la Prairie shared boundaries with:

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 3,882 total population, 2,230 males, 1,652 females, 1,168 married persons, 672 families, 596 married males, 572 married females, 90 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 45 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,624 single persons under 18, 1,589 single males under 18, 1,035 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,866 persons who are not French Canadian, 16 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 663 occupied houses, 623 houses, 617 houses built of wood, 431 houses of 1 story, 192 houses of 2 stories, 158 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 154 houses of 4 rooms, 121 houses of 3 rooms, 102 houses of 5 rooms, 72 houses of 2 rooms, 40 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 14 houses of 1 room, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses built of brick, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 968,644 bushels of spring wheat, 456,707 bushels of oats, 183,713 pounds of homemade butter, 155,735 acres of land in farms, 91,842 bushels of barley, 73,537 acres of farmland in pasture, 68,899 acres of improved land in farms, 68,850 acres of farmland under crops, 64,505 bushels of potatoes, 53,560 acres of wheat, 20,548 tons of hay, 18,636 chickens, 13,299 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,930 acres of oats, 5,924 other cattle, 3,246 acres of barley, 2,928 horses aged over 3 years, 2,700 bushels of turnips, 2,270 milk cows, 1,847 swine, 1,660 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,562 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,403 cattle killed or sold, 1,364 horses aged 3 years and under, 590 occupants of farms, 509 turkeys, 507 farm occupants who own their land, 365 sheep, 329 acres of potatoes, 293 ducks, 280 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 248 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 203 oxen, 182 sheep slaughtered or sold, 168 geese, 110 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 78 farm occupants who rent their land, 49 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 18 other fowl, 6 acres of turnips, 5 employees on farms, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: MB007022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB007022 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q1661004
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Portage_la_Prairie

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). "Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/portage-la-prairie-mb007022-1891/.