Rat Portage E, Ontario (1891 census)
Rat Portage E was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,091. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.772°N, 94.387°W.
Population
In 1891, Rat Portage E had a population of 1,091: 608 male and 483 female residents. Population density was 44.4 people per square mile.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in NO DATA, 1881 (0.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Rat Portage E shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.70 |
| FAM NO | 231 |
| Number of families | 231 |
| Number of females | 483 |
| Number of males | 608 |
| Number of married females | 194 |
| Number of married males | 208 |
| Number of married persons | 402 |
| Number of widowed females | 15 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 28 |
| POP F | 483 |
| POP M | 608 |
| POP TOT | 1,091 |
| Total population | 1,091 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 274 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 387 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 661 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 136 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 955 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 43 |
| Number of houses | 185 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 185 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 113 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 70 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 30 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 77 |
| Number of houses under construction | 10 |
| Number of occupied houses | 228 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (53 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 5 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 22 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 643 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 4,208 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 418 |
| Acres of hay crops | 50 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,083 |
| Acres of land in farms | 5,291 |
| Acres of oats | 11 |
| Acres of potatoes | 28 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 102 |
| BAR AC | 5 |
| BAR BU | 108 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 108 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 38 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 539 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,718 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,526 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,277 |
| CRN BU | 38 |
| HAY AC | 50 |
| HAY TONS | 110 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 47 |
| Number of chickens | 1,111 |
| Number of ducks | 15 |
| Number of employees on farms | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 25 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 11 |
| Number of geese | 4 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 109 |
| Number of milk cows | 94 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 39 |
| Number of other cattle | 52 |
| Number of other fowl | 84 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 15 |
| Number of swine | 58 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 9 |
| Number of turkeys | 16 |
| OAT AC | 11 |
| OAT BU | 539 |
| POT AC | 28 |
| POT BU | 4,718 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,618 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 110 |
| WHT AC | 102 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,526 |
Other recorded variables (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 6 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 9 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BEN BU | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,618 |
| CATTLE KS | 47 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 274 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 387 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 661 |
| DUCKS | 15 |
| FAMILIES | 231 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.70 |
| FRN CA | 136 |
| GEESE | 4 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,111 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 109 |
| HOUSES | 185 |
| HOUSES CON | 10 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 30 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 113 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 77 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 25 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 20 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 70 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 11 |
| HOUSES W | 185 |
| INF 11 A | 15 |
| MD FEM | 194 |
| MD MALE | 208 |
| MD TOT | 402 |
| MILK COWS | 94 |
| NAME CD | Algoma (Eastern Division-Est.) |
| OC E | 3 |
| OC F | 11 |
| OC P | 25 |
| OC TOT | 39 |
| OTHER FOWL | 84 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 52 |
| OTHERS | 955 |
| SUP AM | 1,083 |
| SUP FOR | 4,208 |
| SUP JV | 22 |
| SUP PAT | 643 |
| SUP SC | 418 |
| SUP TOT | 5,291 |
| SWINE | 58 |
| SWINE KS | 9 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 228 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 1,277 |
| TURKEY | 16 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 43 |
| WID FEM | 15 |
| WID MALE | 13 |
| WID TOT | 28 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046041— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046041— 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). "Rat Portage E, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rat-portage-e-on046041-1891/.