Portage du Fort (Village) & Lower Litchfield, Quebec (1891 census)
Portage du Fort (Village) & Lower Litchfield was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 741. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 76.653°W.
Population
In 1891, Portage du Fort (Village) & Lower Litchfield had a population of 741: 375 male and 366 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 contained Portage du Fort, VL, 1901 (19.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Portage du Fort (Village) & Lower Litchfield shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.80 |
| FAM NO | 127 |
| Number of families | 127 |
| Number of females | 366 |
| Number of males | 375 |
| Number of married females | 111 |
| Number of married males | 111 |
| Number of married persons | 222 |
| Number of widowed females | 20 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 24 |
| POP F | 366 |
| POP M | 375 |
| POP TOT | 741 |
| Total population | 741 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 235 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 260 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 495 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 152 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 589 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 127 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 10 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 8 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 109 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 22 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 101 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 58 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 127 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 21 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 25 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,142 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,792 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,781 |
| Acres of hay crops | 593 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,948 |
| Acres of land in farms | 5,740 |
| Acres of oats | 347 |
| Acres of potatoes | 42 |
| Acres of turnips | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 232 |
| BAR AC | 4 |
| BAR BU | 42 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 42 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,753 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,680 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,651 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,470 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 440 |
| CRN BU | 30 |
| HAY AC | 593 |
| HAY TONS | 548 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 44 |
| Number of chickens | 1,264 |
| Number of ducks | 10 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 65 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 10 |
| Number of geese | 24 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 48 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 135 |
| Number of milk cows | 228 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 75 |
| Number of other cattle | 194 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 19 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 41 |
| Number of sheep | 202 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 41 |
| Number of swine | 144 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 11 |
| Number of turkeys | 59 |
| OAT AC | 347 |
| OAT BU | 7,753 |
| PEA BU | 1,680 |
| POT AC | 42 |
| POT BU | 3,651 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 200 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 47 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 602 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 13,176 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 548 |
| WHT AC | 232 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,470 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 8 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 6 |
| A 51 100 | 19 |
| BUTTER LB | 13,176 |
| CATTLE KS | 44 |
| CHEESE LB | 200 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 235 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 260 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 495 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 47 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 48 |
| DUCKS | 10 |
| FAMILIES | 127 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.80 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 602 |
| FRN CA | 152 |
| GEESE | 24 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,264 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 135 |
| HOUSES | 127 |
| HOUSES B | 10 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 17 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 17 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 13 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 22 |
| HOUSES S | 8 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 58 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 14 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 101 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 21 |
| HOUSES W | 109 |
| INF 11 A | 41 |
| MD FEM | 111 |
| MD MALE | 111 |
| MD TOT | 222 |
| MILK COWS | 228 |
| NAME CD | Pontiac |
| OC F | 10 |
| OC P | 65 |
| OC TOT | 75 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 194 |
| OTHERS | 589 |
| SHEEP | 202 |
| SHEEP KS | 41 |
| SUP AM | 2,948 |
| SUP FOR | 2,792 |
| SUP JV | 25 |
| SUP PAT | 1,142 |
| SUP SC | 1,781 |
| SUP TOT | 5,740 |
| SWINE | 144 |
| SWINE KS | 11 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 127 |
| TUR AC | 2 |
| TUR BU | 440 |
| TURKEY | 59 |
| WID FEM | 20 |
| WID MALE | 4 |
| WID TOT | 24 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC177018— 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 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). "Portage du Fort (Village) & Lower Litchfield, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/portage-du-fort-village-lower-litchfield-qc177018-1891/.