Portsmouth, Village, Ontario (1881 census)
Portsmouth, Village was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,734. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7232416. The administrative centroid was at approximately 44.224°N, 76.518°W.
Population
In 1881, Portsmouth, Village had a population of 1,734: 1,103 male and 631 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 1881
In the 1881 census, Portsmouth, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,734 total population, 1,103 males, 631 females, 516 married persons, 317 married males, 199 married females, 191 families, 105 widowed persons, 56 widowed males, 49 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,113 single persons under 18, 730 single males under 18, 383 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 190 occupied houses, 189 inhabited houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,706 bushels of other root crops, 1,730 bushels of potatoes, 470 bushels of oats, 140 bushels of barley, 120 bushels of peas and beans, 75 bushels of turnips, 69 tons of hay, 49 acres of hay crops, 30 bushels of corn, 13 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of spring wheat, 2 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,734 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON115002— 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 1881 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 (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/portsmouth-village-on115002-1881/.