Portland, Ontario (1851 census)

Portland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 2,388. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262612. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.449°N, 76.703°W.

Population

In 1851, Portland had a population of 2,388: 1,318 male and 1,070 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Portland shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Ernestown
• Hinchinbrook
• Kingston
• Loughborough

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 2,388 total population, 1,318 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,191, 1,070 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,008, 921 single males, 692 single females, 394 families, 386 married males, 348 married females, 164 females attending school, 150 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 127, Females present who are not members of the family: 62, 46 male births, 30 widowed females, 29 female births, 11 lunatic females, 11 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 10, Male members of the family who are present: 9, 2 blind males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 195 males aged 5 to 10, 184 single males aged 15 to 20, 169 females aged 5 to 10, 160 single males aged 10 to 15, 159 single females aged 10 to 15, 135 single males aged 20 to 30, 115 married females aged 30 to 40, 115 married males aged 30 to 40, 114 married females aged 20 to 30, 111 single females aged 15 to 20, 103 married males aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 40 to 50, 60 males under age 1, 59 married females aged 40 to 50, 54 married males aged 50 to 60, 48 females aged 1 to 2, 48 females aged 2 to 3, 46 females aged 4 to 5, 45 males aged 1 to 2, 42 males aged 2 to 3, 42 males aged 4 to 5, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 married females aged 50 to 60, 34 females age 3 to 4, 34 males aged 3 to 4, 33 females under age 1, 18 married males aged 60 to 70, 15 married females aged 60 to 70, 13 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 married females aged 15 to 20, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 5 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 married males aged 15 to 20, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 3 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 90 to 100, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,772 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 386 persons originating in Ireland, 132 persons originating in England or Wales, 76 persons originating in the United States, 13 Indigenous females, 13 persons originating in Scotland, 7 Indigenous males, 6 French Canadians, 2 female negroes or coloured persons, 2 male negroes or coloured persons, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T3.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 75,768 pounds of homemade butter, 31,285 acres of land in farms, 24,779 bushels of oats, 20,669 bushels of potatoes, 20,139 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,527 bushels of wheat, 12,506 bushels of peas, 11,146 acres of farmland under cultivation, 8,772 bushels of rye, 7,890 pounds of maple sugar, 7,509 pounds of wool produced on farms, 7,300 acres of farmland under crops, 4,494 bushels of corn, 3,965 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,843 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,436 bushels of buckwheat, 2,757 sheep, 2,653 bushels of barley, 2,312 bushels of turnips, 2,067 tons of hay, 1,466 swine, 1,331 acres of wheat, 1,086 acres of oats, 1,005 barrels of pork, 927 milk cows, 887 acres of peas, 859 calves and heifers, 826 acres of rye, 719 bushels of carrots, 690 bulls, oxen, or steers, 604 horses, 429 acres of potatoes, 218 acres of buckwheat, 217 acres of corn, 180 pounds of flax or hemp, 170 occupants of farms, 148 barrels of beef, 134 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 116 acres of barley, 97 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 95 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 65 pounds of hops, 55 bushels of beans, 45 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 acres of turnips, 19 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 11 pounds of tobacco, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,748 yards of flannel, 1,804 yards of fulled cloth, $350 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), 119 yards of linen, 6 employees in saw mills, 5 saw mills, 5 saw mills powered by water, 4 saw mills returning capital, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 saw mills not reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 tanneries. 420,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 12 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 8, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 4, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 90 to 100: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON009007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262612

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Portland, Ontario (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/portland-on009007-1851/.