Danville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Danville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 884. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142481. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.784°N, 72.017°W.

Population

In 1891, Danville, Village had a population of 884: 452 male and 432 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Danville, Village shared boundaries with:

• Shipton

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 884 total population, 452 males, 432 females, 355 married persons, 192 families, 180 married males, 175 married females, 24 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 505 single persons under 18, 267 single males under 18, 238 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 510 persons who are not French Canadian, 374 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 171 houses, 171 occupied houses, 149 houses built of wood, 99 houses of 1 story, 80 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 22 houses built of brick, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,551 pounds of homemade butter, 7,729 bushels of potatoes, 7,619 acres of land in farms, 5,399 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,220 acres of improved land in farms, 2,208 bushels of turnips, 1,601 bushels of oats, 1,444 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,131 chickens, 1,097 bushels of barley, 770 tons of hay, 679 acres of farmland under crops, 584 acres of hay crops, 406 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 266 bushels of spring wheat, 190 bushels of buckwheat, 161 bushels of corn, 150 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 137 milk cows, 132 swine, 127 horses aged over 3 years, 117 swine slaughtered or sold, 115 occupants of farms, 104 bushels of beans, 103 turkeys, 97 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 96 other cattle, 89 sheep, 86 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 85 farm occupants who own their land, 72 sheep slaughtered or sold, 60 cattle killed or sold, 56 acres of oats, 43 acres of potatoes, 34 acres of barley, 31 other fowl, 30 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 18 geese, 14 acres of wheat, 11 ducks, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 bushels of peas, 8 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC182003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083014 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142481
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danville_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Danville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/danville-village-qc182003-1891/.