Portsmouth, Village, Ontario (1891 census)
Portsmouth, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,974. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7232416. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.224°N, 76.518°W.
Population
In 1891, Portsmouth, Village had a population of 1,974: 1,226 male and 748 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 892 |
| 1871 | 1,702 |
| 1881 | 1,734 |
| 1891 | 1,974 |
| 1901 | 1,827 |
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, Portsmouth, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,974 total population, 1,226 males, 748 females, 614 married persons, 352 married males, 262 married females, 171 families, 65 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 11.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,295 single persons under 18, 852 single males under 18, 443 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,942 persons who are not French Canadian, 32 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 171 houses, 171 occupied houses, 111 houses built of wood, 96 houses of 2 stories, 89 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 72 houses of 1 story, 52 houses built of stone, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses built of brick, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,125 bushels of turnips, 2,380 bushels of potatoes, 1,920 bushels of oats, 1,200 bushels of barley, 1,181 chickens, 568 acres of land in farms, 530 bushels of corn, 479 acres of improved land in farms, 335 acres of farmland under crops, 300 bushels of peas, 296 cattle killed or sold, 250 tons of hay, 229 swine, 180 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 160 sheep slaughtered or sold, 144 ducks, 129 acres of hay crops, 89 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 81 acres of farmland in pasture, 73 horses aged over 3 years, 66 milk cows, 63 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 acres of oats, 52 geese, 50 bushels of beans, 45 sheep, 45 turkeys, 40 acres of barley, 29 swine slaughtered or sold, 27 acres of turnips, 20 acres of potatoes, 20 occupants of farms, 14 farm occupants who own their land, 12 other cattle, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 bushels of buckwheat, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON064005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON061005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7232416
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_Kingston
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). "Portsmouth, Village, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/portsmouth-village-on064005-1891/.