Notre Dame du Portage, Quebec (1881 census)
Notre Dame du Portage was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 734. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911778. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.761°N, 69.576°W.
Population
In 1881, Notre Dame du Portage had a population of 734: 363 male and 371 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 660 |
| 1871 | 615 |
| 1881 | 734 |
| 1891 | 477 |
| 1901 | 441 |
| 1911 | 427 |
| 1921 | 415 |
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, Notre Dame du Portage shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 734 total population, 371 females, 363 males, 213 married persons, 124 families, 108 married males, 105 married females, 19 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 502 single persons under 18, 256 single females under 18, 246 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 102 inhabited houses, 102 occupied houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 27,236 bushels of potatoes, 8,460 bushels of oats, 2,733 bushels of spring wheat, 1,720 acres of hay crops, 1,437 tons of hay, 1,085 bushels of rye, 867 bushels of turnips, 706 bushels of barley, 655 acres of wheat, 524 bushels of peas and beans, 227 acres of potatoes, 202 bushels of other root crops, 165 bushels of buckwheat, 47 bushels of corn, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 200 fathoms of fishing nets, 75 barrels of herring or alewives, 41 barrels of other fish, 38 barrels of eels, 27 quintals of fascines fish, 2 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 25 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 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:
QC041003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095006_1861— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911778
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). "Notre Dame du Portage, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-du-portage-qc041003-1881/.