Portage du Fort, Quebec (1871 census)
Portage du Fort was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1871 Census of Canada with a population of 652. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 76.653°W.
Population
In 1871, Portage du Fort had a population of 652: 320 male and 332 female residents. Population density was 80.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 742 |
| 1871 | 652 |
| 1881 | 723 |
| 1891 | 741 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1871
In the 1871 census, Portage du Fort shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1871
The 1871 census recorded 44 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of families | 124 |
| Number of females | 332 |
| Number of males | 320 |
| Number of married females | 96 |
| Number of married males | 99 |
| Number of married persons | 195 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 20 |
| Total population | 652 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 222 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 215 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 437 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 124 |
| Number of occupied houses | 124 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| HAY AC | 25 |
| HAY TONS | 24 |
| OAT BU | 170 |
| PEA BU | 56 |
| POT AC | 8 |
| POT BU | 812 |
| WHT SP BU | 48 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| ACRES | 8 |
| BEING BUILT | 1 |
| CD | 91 |
| CSD | 7 |
| FAMILIES | 124 |
| FEMALE | 332 |
| HOUSES OCCUPIED | 124 |
| INHABITED | 124 |
| MALE | 320 |
| MARRIED F | 96 |
| MARRIED M | 99 |
| MARRIED TOTAL | 195 |
| POPULATION | 652 |
| SINGLE F | 222 |
| SINGLE M | 215 |
| SINGLE TOTAL | 437 |
| UNINHABITED | 4 |
| WIDOWED F | 14 |
| WIDOWED M | 6 |
| WIDOWED TOTAL | 20 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC091007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC177018— 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 1871 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). "Portage du Fort, Quebec (1871 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/portage-du-fort-qc091007-1871/.