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Year: 1891  |  Province: Ontario  |  Wikidata: Q993714

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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q993714. 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.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Rat Portage E shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,091 total population, 608 males, 483 females, 402 married persons, 231 families, 208 married males, 194 married females, 28 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 661 single persons under 18, 387 single males under 18, 274 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 955 persons who are not French Canadian, 136 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 228 occupied houses, 185 houses, 185 houses built of wood, 113 houses of 1 story, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 70 houses of 2 stories, 43 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,291 acres of land in farms, 4,718 bushels of potatoes, 4,208 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,618 pounds of homemade butter, 1,526 bushels of spring wheat, 1,277 bushels of turnips, 1,111 chickens, 1,083 acres of improved land in farms, 643 acres of farmland in pasture, 539 bushels of oats, 418 acres of farmland under crops, 110 tons of hay, 109 horses aged over 3 years, 108 bushels of barley, 102 acres of wheat, 94 milk cows, 84 other fowl, 58 swine, 52 other cattle, 50 acres of hay crops, 47 cattle killed or sold, 39 occupants of farms, 38 bushels of corn, 28 acres of potatoes, 25 farm occupants who own their land, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 16 turkeys, 15 ducks, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 acres of oats, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 swine slaughtered or sold, 7 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 acres of barley, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 employees on farms, 2 oxen, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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/.