Portland, Quebec (1851 census)
Portland was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 102. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.767°N, 75.609°W.
Population
In 1851, Portland had a population of 102: 56 male and 46 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 102 |
| 1861 | 429 |
| 1871 | 396 |
| 1911 | 1,116 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, Portland shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 102 total population, 56 males, Male members of the family who are present: 53, 46 females, Female members of the family who are present: 45, 44 single males, 34 single females, 12 families, 12 married females, 12 married males, Males present who are not members of the family: 3, 2 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 1, 1 male births. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 10 females aged 5 to 10, 10 males aged 5 to 10, 9 single males aged 15 to 20, 8 single females aged 10 to 15, 7 single males aged 10 to 15, 5 married females aged 30 to 40, 5 married males aged 30 to 40, 5 single females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 20 to 30, 4 females age 3 to 4, 4 married females aged 20 to 30, 4 married males aged 40 to 50, 3 males aged 1 to 2, 3 males aged 3 to 4, 3 married females aged 40 to 50, 2 females aged 1 to 2, 2 females under age 1, 2 males aged 2 to 3, 2 males aged 4 to 5, 2 married males aged 20 to 30, 2 single females aged 20 to 30, 1 females aged 2 to 3, 1 males under age 1, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 single males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 66 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 26 French Canadians, 8 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Scotland, 1 persons originating in the United States. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 9,967 pounds of homemade butter, 2,200 acres of land in farms, 1,913 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,220 bushels of potatoes, 998 bushels of oats, 455 pounds of maple sugar, 437 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 287 acres of farmland under cultivation, 266 sheep, 265 bushels of wheat, 214 milk cows, 201 swine, 191 acres of farmland under crops, 165 calves and heifers, 150 bushels of turnips, 144 bulls, oxen, or steers, 140 bushels of corn, 136 pounds of wool produced on farms, 135 horses, 125 bushels of peas, 100 barrels of pork, 96 acres of farmland in pasture, 81 tons of hay, 80 bushels of buckwheat, 35 acres of oats, 34 barrels of beef, 24 acres of wheat, 15 acres of corn, 14 acres of potatoes, 12 acres of peas, 11 occupants of farms, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of carrots, 7 bushels of beans, 3 acres of buckwheat, 2 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 54 yards of fulled cloth, 25 yards of flannel, feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , breweries, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC067019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC165035— 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 1851 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). "Portland, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/portland-qc067019-1851/.