Indian Reserve, I R, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Indian Reserve, I R (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Note on Indian Reserves in the Census of Canada. The 1851–1921 censuses enumerated First Nations populations on reserves inconsistently across years and regions, sometimes naming individual reserves and sometimes aggregating them under a generic "Indian Reserves" bundle per Census District. This page reflects the historical census record as published; it is not an authoritative description of any specific First Nation, band, or reserve. For accurate information, consult the annual reports of the Department of Indian Affairs (1864–present, available through Library and Archives Canada), the Indigenous Services Canada First Nation Profiles, and First Nations communities directly.

Indian Reserve, I R was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 434. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.581°N, 72.202°W.

Population

In 1891, Indian Reserve, I R had a population of 434: 212 male and 222 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	434
1901	628
1911	627

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

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 was contained in St. Prime, par., 1881 (12.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Indian Reserve, I R shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 434 total population, 222 females, 212 males, 164 married persons, 95 families, 82 married females, 82 married males, 18 widowed persons, 13 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 252 single persons under 18, 127 single females under 18, 125 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 382 persons who are not French Canadian, 52 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 93 occupied houses, 61 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 32 houses, 32 houses built of wood, 30 houses of 2 stories, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses of 1 story, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 880 bushels of potatoes, 739 acres of land in farms, 572 bushels of oats, 482 acres of improved land in farms, 300 pounds of homemade butter, 277 acres of farmland in pasture, 257 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 225 bushels of spring wheat, 203 acres of farmland under crops, 196 bushels of peas, 150 tons of hay, 87 acres of hay crops, 48 acres of oats, 41 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 40 chickens, 38 milk cows, 31 occupants of farms, 27 farm occupants who own their land, 23 other cattle, 19 acres of wheat, 19 horses aged over 3 years, 19 swine, 18 bushels of turnips, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 sheep, 10 bushels of beans, 10 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 oxen, 8 turkeys, 6 acres of potatoes, 6 bushels of barley, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 bushels of buckwheat, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 swine slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC149011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC154008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
External authority links suppressed for Indian Reserve entries. See methodological note above.

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). "Indian Reserve, I R, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/indian-reserve-i-r-qc149011-1891/.