Rat Portage, Ontario (1901 census)
Rat Portage was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 187. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q993714. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.783°N, 94.429°W.
Population
In 1901, Rat Portage had a population of 187: 102 male and 85 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Jaffray & Melick, 1911 (39.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901
In the 1901 census, Rat Portage shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1901
The 1901 census recorded 10 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 2 categories.
Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 187 total population, 102 males, 85 females, 64 single males, 54 single females, 42 families, 38 married males, 30 married females, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 38 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON044064— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON044064— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q993714
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenora
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenora
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1901 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, Ontario (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rat-portage-on044064-1901/.