Garthby & d’Israëli, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Garthby & d’Israëli (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Garthby & d’Israëli was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,793. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.876°N, 71.401°W.

Population

In 1891, Garthby & d’Israëli had a population of 1,793: 929 male and 864 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained Garthby, 1881 (85.9% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained D'Israeli, VL, 1901 (51.2% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Garthby, 1901 (44.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Beaulac, VL, 1901 (4.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Garthby & d’Israëli shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,793 total population, 929 males, 864 females, 631 married persons, 326 families, 316 married males, 315 married females, 38 widowed persons, 20 widowed males, 18 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,124 single persons under 18, 593 single males under 18, 531 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,779 French Canadians, 14 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 316 occupied houses, 306 houses, 306 houses built of wood, 294 houses of 1 story, 78 houses of 3 rooms, 76 houses of 2 rooms, 60 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 9 houses of 2 stories, 8 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,230 pounds of homemade butter, 23,107 acres of land in farms, 17,908 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,216 bushels of potatoes, 5,199 acres of improved land in farms, 5,191 bushels of oats, 3,050 acres of farmland under crops, 2,332 bushels of buckwheat, 2,107 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,996 acres of hay crops, 1,667 chickens, 1,466 tons of hay, 1,084 bushels of turnips, 1,047 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 589 bushels of barley, 526 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 407 sheep, 392 acres of oats, 344 milk cows, 290 occupants of farms, 277 cattle killed or sold, 276 bushels of peas, 275 swine slaughtered or sold, 265 farm occupants who own their land, 256 sheep slaughtered or sold, 203 horses aged over 3 years, 191 other cattle, 152 bushels of spring wheat, 129 acres of potatoes, 125 swine, 114 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 oxen, 73 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 acres of barley, 42 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 37 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 32 ducks, 32 other fowl, 28 horses aged 3 years and under, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 bushels of beans, 17 acres of wheat, 15 acres of turnips, 15 bushels of rye, 14 bushels of corn, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC182005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC182005 — 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). "Garthby & d’Israëli, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/garthby-d-isra-li-qc182005-1891/.