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Year: 1891  |  Province: Manitoba  |  Wikidata: Q1017624

Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)

Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville was a town in Manitoba, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,363. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1017624. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.973°N, 98.283°W.

Population

In 1891, Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville had a population of 3,363: 1,785 male and 1,578 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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville 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 3,363 total population, 1,785 males, 1,578 females, 1,084 married persons, 582 families, 553 married males, 531 married females, 85 widowed persons, 64 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,194 single persons under 18, 1,211 single males under 18, 983 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,337 persons who are not French Canadian, 26 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 582 occupied houses, 572 houses, 553 houses built of wood, 393 houses of 2 stories, 279 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 173 houses of 1 story, 92 houses of 4 rooms, 86 houses of 5 rooms, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses built of brick, 19 uninhabited houses, 18 houses under construction, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 193,833 bushels of spring wheat, 58,134 bushels of oats, 30,545 acres of land in farms, 18,127 acres of farmland in pasture, 15,474 bushels of potatoes, 14,639 bushels of barley, 12,418 acres of improved land in farms, 12,398 acres of farmland under crops, 10,721 pounds of homemade butter, 10,542 acres of wheat, 3,652 chickens, 1,941 tons of hay, 1,591 acres of oats, 900 bushels of turnips, 776 horses aged over 3 years, 551 acres of barley, 463 other cattle, 389 milk cows, 358 sheep slaughtered or sold, 235 horses aged 3 years and under, 154 swine, 145 occupants of farms, 120 bushels of corn, 99 farm occupants who own their land, 83 ducks, 79 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 74 acres of potatoes, 62 turkeys, 42 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 cattle killed or sold, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 geese, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 18 swine slaughtered or sold, 16 oxen, 15 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 sheep, 4 employees on farms, 3 acres of turnips. (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). "Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville, Manitoba (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/portage-la-prairie-town-ville-mb007023-1891/.