Portland, Ontario (1891 census)

Portland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,512. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262612. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.449°N, 76.703°W.

Population

In 1891, Portland had a population of 2,512: 1,311 male and 1,201 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 1891

In the 1891 census, Portland shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Ernestown
• Hinchinbrooke
• Kingston
• Loughborough

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,512 total population, 1,311 males, 1,201 females, 955 married persons, 556 families, 481 married females, 474 married males, 113 widowed persons, 74 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 4.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,444 single persons under 18, 798 single males under 18, 646 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,510 persons who are not French Canadian, 2 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 545 houses, 545 occupied houses, 497 houses built of wood, 305 houses of 1 story, 239 houses of 2 stories, 208 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 82 houses of 3 rooms, 80 houses of 4 rooms, 75 houses of 2 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses built of stone, 30 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 119,001 pounds of homemade butter, 57,353 bushels of oats, 49,557 acres of land in farms, 41,467 bushels of potatoes, 37,748 acres of improved land in farms, 25,807 bushels of barley, 21,148 acres of farmland under crops, 15,985 acres of farmland in pasture, 14,845 chickens, 12,433 bushels of peas, 11,809 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,566 bushels of turnips, 8,524 bushels of spring wheat, 7,599 bushels of corn, 7,552 bushels of rye, 7,478 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,147 tons of hay, 6,440 bushels of buckwheat, 6,197 acres of hay crops, 3,772 acres of oats, 2,390 milk cows, 2,307 bushels of winter wheat, 2,160 sheep, 1,936 acres of barley, 1,736 other cattle, 1,638 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,256 swine, 1,175 acres of wheat, 1,123 geese, 1,103 sheep slaughtered or sold, 959 horses aged over 3 years, 936 turkeys, 829 swine slaughtered or sold, 813 cattle killed or sold, 615 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 593 acres of potatoes, 520 occupants of farms, 492 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 468 ducks, 405 farm occupants who own their land, 405 horses aged 3 years and under, 190 bushels of beans, 179 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 164 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 137 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 115 farm occupants who rent their land, 98 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 68 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 53 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 35 acres of turnips, 30 oxen, 28 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON045014 — 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 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). "Portland, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/portland-on045014-1891/.