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Province: Ontario  |  Years recorded: 1851–1921  |  Wikidata: Q115262612

Portland, Ontario (1851–1921)

Portland was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in 8 censuses between 1851 and 1921. This place is grounded to Wikidata Q115262612, so it can be queried as a single entity even when its boundaries or census name varied across years.

Population trajectory across census years

Census yearPopulationPage
18512,388View 1851 detail →
18612,836View 1861 detail →
18712,718View 1871 detail →
18812,452View 1881 detail →
18912,512View 1891 detail →
19012,502View 1901 detail →
19112,341View 1911 detail →
19212,282View 1921 detail →

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

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place across the 1851–1921 period, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry; the connection tag indicates whether the documented event was a birth, death, or burial at this place.

NameLifespanConnection
Schuyler Shibley1820–1890born here
Nathan Fellowes Dupuis1836–1917born here
Charles Kingsmill1855–1935died here

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851–1921 Census of Canada series, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project. Each year's detail page (linked above) cites the specific source table.