Portage, Manitoba (1881 census)
Portage was a census subdivision in Manitoba, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,834. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1661004. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.930°N, 98.293°W.
Population
In 1881, Portage had a population of 1,834: 1,087 male and 747 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 was contained in NO DATA, 1871 (2.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Elm River, 1891 (34.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Portage la Prairie, Town—Ville, 1891 (1.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Portage shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,834 total population, 1,087 males, 747 females, 548 married persons, 308 families, 280 married males, 268 married females, 57 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,229 single persons under 18, 785 single males under 18, 444 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 260 occupied houses, 252 inhabited houses, 8 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 48,978 bushels of oats, 35,418 bushels of spring wheat, 11,605 bushels of potatoes, 4,878 bushels of barley, 2,953 bushels of turnips, 1,828 acres of wheat, 350 bushels of winter wheat, 255 bushels of other root crops, 182 tons of hay, 91 acres of hay crops, 61 acres of potatoes, 9 bushels of corn, 4 bushels of buckwheat, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,831 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
MB186005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_MB186005— 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 1881 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, Manitoba (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/mb/portage-mb186005-1881/.