Portsmouth, Village, Ontario (1871 census)
Portsmouth, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 1,702. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7232416. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.224°N, 76.518°W.
Population
In 1871, Portsmouth, Village had a population of 1,702: 1,008 male and 694 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 1871
In the 1871 census, Portsmouth, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 17 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1871). This community's record includes 1,702 total population, 1,008 males, 1,006 married persons, 694 females, 564 married males, 442 married females, 214 families, 174 widowed persons, 108 widowed females, 66 widowed males. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1871). This community's record includes 522 single persons under 18, 378 single males under 18, 144 single females under 18. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1871). This community's record includes 208 inhabited houses, 208 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1871). This community's record includes 300 total area (acres). (Source: 1871 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON065002— 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 1871 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 (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/portsmouth-village-on065002-1871/.