Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (1901 census)

Portage la Prairie was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 5,213. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661004. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.050°N, 98.249°W.

Population

In 1901, Portage la Prairie had a population of 5,213: 2,910 male and 2,303 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 Portage la Prairie, 1891 (89.5% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained High Bluff pr pt, 1911 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained High Bluff pr pt, 1911 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Poplar Point pr, 1911 (2.6% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Portage la Prairie shared boundaries with:

• Dufferin
• Norfolk North—Nord
• Norfolk, South—Sud
• Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville
• St. François-Xavier
• St. Laurent
• Unorganized Territory—Territoire non-organisé
• Westbourne
• Woodlands

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 5,213 total population, 2,910 males, 2,303 females, 1,994 single males, 1,402 single females, 1,035 families, 857 married males, 834 married females, 67 widowed females, 59 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 1,006 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 541,054 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: MB008011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_MB008011 — 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 1901 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 (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/portage-la-prairie-mb008011-1901/.