Portland, Ontario (1861 census)

Portland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 2,836. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262612. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.449°N, 76.703°W.

Population

In 1861, Portland had a population of 2,836: 1,452 male and 1,384 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 1861

In the 1861 census, Portland shared boundaries with:

• Camden
• Ernestown
• Han
• Kingston
• Loughborough

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 174 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 2,836 total population, 1,452 males, 1,384 females, Male members of the family who are present: 1,345, Female members of the family who are present: 1,309, 967 single males, 896 single females, 454 married males, 439 married females, 255 females attending school, 238 males attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 107, 76 adult females unable to read or write, 76 adult males unable to read or write, Females present who are not members of the family: 75, 57 female births, 49 widowed females, 46 male births, 31 widowed males, 3 blind males, 1 deaf and dumb males, 1 persons at sea. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 226 females aged 5 to 10, 205 males aged 5 to 10, 196 single females aged 10 to 15, 182 single males aged 10 to 15, 178 single males aged 15 to 20, 163 married females aged 20 to 30, 137 single females aged 15 to 20, 127 married males aged 40 to 50, 126 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 single males aged 20 to 30, 116 married males aged 30 to 40, 96 married males aged 20 to 30, 75 married females aged 40 to 50, 71 single females aged 20 to 30, 64 married males aged 50 to 60, 56 males aged 1 to 2, 56 males aged 3 to 4, 53 females aged 4 to 5, 48 males aged 2 to 3, 47 females age 3 to 4, 44 females aged 1 to 2, 43 married females aged 50 to 60, 42 females aged 2 to 3, 39 males aged 4 to 5, 30 married males aged 60 to 70, 21 married males aged 70 to 80, 17 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 14 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 13 married females aged 60 to 70, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 12 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 11 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 9 single males aged 40 to 50, 9 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 6 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 6 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 6 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 single females aged 50 to 60, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 70 to 80, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 single females aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 2,282 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 318 persons originating in Ireland, 117 persons originating in England or Wales, 71 persons originating in the United States, 27 persons originating in Scotland, 21 French Canadians, 8 negroes or coloured persons, 5 female negroes or coloured persons, 3 male negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in all other places, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T5.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $533,895 value farms (dollars), $121,048 value all livestock, 102,369 pounds of homemade butter, 62,708 bushels of oats, $56,291 value horses aged over 3 years, $44,017 value farm implements in dollars, 39,273 acres of land in farms, 37,612 bushels of spring wheat, 34,312 bushels of potatoes, 30,223 bushels of peas, 28,989 pounds of maple sugar, 23,982 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,122 bushels of rye, 15,291 acres of farmland under cultivation, 11,310 pounds of wool produced on farms, 10,522 acres of farmland under crops, 6,531 bushels of turnips, 6,316 bushels of barley, 5,816 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 5,772 bushels of buckwheat, 4,661 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,671 sheep, 2,998 bushels of corn, 2,734 tons of hay, $2,197 value garden and orchard crops, 1,894 acres of spring wheat, 1,832 acres of oats, 1,828 bushels of carrots, 1,755 acres of peas, 1,660 calves and heifers, 1,431 milk cows, 1,331 acres of rye, 1,318 swine, 1,202 bushels of winter wheat, 941 barrels of pork, 814 horses aged over 3 years, 765 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 576 horses aged 3 years and under, 428 acres of potatoes, 412 pounds of flax or hemp, 406 occupants of farms, 317 bulls, oxen, or steers, 269 acres of barley, 269 acres of buckwheat, 264 barrels of beef, 261 pounds of hops, 220 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 192 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 122 bushels of beans, 115 acres of corn, 108 acres of farmland in gardens, 97 acres of winter wheat, 90 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 76 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 41 acres of turnips, 35 acres of farmland held by townspeople who are not farmers, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 2 acres of mangel wurtzel. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $11,316 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 5,699 yards of flannel, 2,653 yards of fulled cloth, 172 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 11 pounds of fresh fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 29 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 16, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 60 to 70: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 2 to 3: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 15 to 20: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 60 to 70: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1861, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON072012 — 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 1861 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 (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/portland-on072012-1861/.