Portsmouth, Village, Ontario (1891 census)

Name: Portsmouth, Village (1891)
Address: Ontario, CA

Portsmouth, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,974. 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 density was 2703.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1861	892
1871	1,702
1881	1,734
1891	1,974
1901	1,827
1911	1,786
1921	2,351

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 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	11.50
FAM NO	171
Number of families	171
Number of females	748
Number of males	1,226
Number of married females	262
Number of married males	352
Number of married persons	614
Number of widowed females	43
Number of widowed males	22
Number of widowed persons	65
POP F	748
POP M	1,226
POP TOT	1,974
Total population	1,974

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	443
Number of single males under 18	852
Number of single persons under 18	1,295

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	32
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,942

Buildings & housing (18 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	171
Number of houses built of brick	8
Number of houses built of stone	52
Number of houses built of wood	111
Number of houses of 1 story	72
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	10
Number of houses of 2 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 stories	96
Number of houses of 3 rooms	11
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	24
Number of houses of 5 rooms	29
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	89
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	2
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	7
Number of houses under construction	2
Number of occupied houses	171
Number of uninhabited houses	19

Agriculture (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	40
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	63
Acres of farmland in pasture	81
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	89
Acres of farmland under crops	335
Acres of hay crops	129
Acres of improved land in farms	479
Acres of land in farms	568
Acres of oats	62
Acres of potatoes	20
Acres of turnips	27
BAR AC	40
BAR BU	1,200
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,200
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	50
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	2
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	530
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,920
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	300
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	2,380
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	3,125
BWT BU	2
CRN BU	530
HAY AC	129
HAY TONS	250
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	296
Number of chickens	1,181
Number of ducks	144
Number of farm occupants who own their land	14
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	6
Number of geese	52
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	2
Number of horses aged over 3 years	73
Number of milk cows	66
Number of occupants of farms	20
Number of other cattle	12
Number of other fowl	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	12
Number of sheep	45
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	160
Number of swine	229
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	29
Number of turkeys	45
OAT AC	62
OAT BU	1,920
PEA BU	300
POT AC	20
POT BU	2,380
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	180
Tons of hay produced in the past year	250

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	1
A 11 50	6
A 201 PL	1
BEN BU	50
CATTLE KS	296
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	443
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	852
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,295
COARSE WOOL LB	180
COLTS FILLIES	2
DUCKS	144
FAMILIES	171
FAMILIES AV SIZE	11.50
FRN CA	32
GEESE	52
HENS AND CHKN	1,181
HORSES OVR THREE	73
HOUSES	171
HOUSES B	8
HOUSES CON	2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	10
HOUSES FIVE RM	29
HOUSES FOUR RM	24
HOUSES ONE STRY	72
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	2
HOUSES S	52
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	89
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	7
HOUSES THREE RM	11
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	1
HOUSES TWO STRY	96
HOUSES UNINH	19
HOUSES W	111
INF 11 A	12
MD FEM	262
MD MALE	352
MD TOT	614
MILK COWS	66
NAME CD	Frontenac
OC F	6
OC P	14
OC TOT	20
OTHER FOWL	2
OTHER HRN CATTLE	12
OTHERS	1,942
SHEEP	45
SHEEP KS	160
SUP AM	479
SUP FOR	89
SUP JV	63
SUP PAT	81
SUP SC	335
SUP TOT	568
SWINE	229
SWINE KS	29
TOT DWLG OCC	171
TUR AC	27
TUR BU	3,125
TURKEY	45
WID FEM	43
WID MALE	22
WID TOT	65

Identifiers

TCP UID: ON064005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON111018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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/.