Rat Portage W-O, Ontario (1891 census)
Rat Portage W-O was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 715. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.775°N, 94.475°W.
Population
In 1891, Rat Portage W-O had a population of 715: 444 male and 271 female residents. Population density was 27.4 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).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Rat Portage, Town—Ville, 1901 (3.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Rat Portage W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.40 |
| FAM NO | 182 |
| Number of families | 182 |
| Number of females | 271 |
| Number of males | 444 |
| Number of married females | 96 |
| Number of married males | 99 |
| Number of married persons | 195 |
| Number of widowed females | 9 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 16 |
| POP F | 271 |
| POP M | 444 |
| POP TOT | 715 |
| Total population | 715 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 166 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 338 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 504 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 62 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 653 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 5 |
| Number of houses | 117 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 116 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 7 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 80 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 33 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 122 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 23 |
Agriculture (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 15 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 793 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,242 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 769 |
| Acres of hay crops | 72 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,577 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,819 |
| Acres of oats | 15 |
| Acres of potatoes | 26 |
| Acres of turnips | 4 |
| Acres of wheat | 5 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 456 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,136 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 493 |
| HAY AC | 72 |
| HAY TONS | 84 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 307 |
| Number of chickens | 391 |
| Number of ducks | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 21 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 5 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 46 |
| Number of milk cows | 43 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 26 |
| Number of other cattle | 27 |
| Number of other fowl | 4 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 4 |
| Number of sheep | 15 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 75 |
| Number of swine | 57 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 171 |
| Number of turkeys | 1 |
| OAT AC | 15 |
| OAT BU | 456 |
| POT AC | 26 |
| POT BU | 2,136 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 60 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 695 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 84 |
| WHT AC | 5 |
| WHT SP BU | 80 |
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 6 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 9 |
| A 51 100 | 6 |
| BUTTER LB | 695 |
| CATTLE KS | 307 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 166 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 338 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 504 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 60 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 132 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.40 |
| FRN CA | 62 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 391 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 46 |
| HOUSES | 117 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 17 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 17 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 80 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 32 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 16 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 16 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 33 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 23 |
| HOUSES W | 116 |
| INF 11 A | 4 |
| MD FEM | 96 |
| MD MALE | 99 |
| MD TOT | 195 |
| MILK COWS | 43 |
| NAME CD | Algoma (Eastern Division-Est.) |
| OC F | 5 |
| OC P | 21 |
| OC TOT | 26 |
| OTHER FOWL | 4 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 27 |
| OTHERS | 653 |
| SHEEP | 15 |
| SHEEP KS | 75 |
| SUP AM | 1,577 |
| SUP FOR | 2,242 |
| SUP JV | 15 |
| SUP PAT | 793 |
| SUP SC | 769 |
| SUP TOT | 3,819 |
| SWINE | 57 |
| SWINE KS | 171 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 122 |
| TUR AC | 4 |
| TUR BU | 493 |
| TURKEY | 1 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 5 |
| WID FEM | 9 |
| WID MALE | 7 |
| WID TOT | 16 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
ON046042— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_ON046042— 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 W-O, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rat-portage-w-o-on046042-1891/.