Rivière des Prairies, Quebec (1891 census)

Rivière des Prairies was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 761. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.655°N, 73.558°W.

Population

In 1891, Rivière des Prairies had a population of 761: 373 male and 388 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, Rivière des Prairies shared boundaries with:

• Pointe aux Trembles, par.
• Sault aux Récollets
• St. Léonard de Port Maurice, T-V

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 761 total population, 388 females, 373 males, 253 married persons, 150 families, 127 married males, 126 married females, 30 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 478 single persons under 18, 245 single females under 18, 233 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 752 French Canadians, 9 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 113 houses, 113 occupied houses, 107 houses of 1 story, 84 houses built of wood, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses built of stone, 17 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 35,705 bushels of potatoes, 23,288 pounds of homemade butter, 15,742 bushels of oats, 8,332 acres of land in farms, 7,052 acres of improved land in farms, 5,528 acres of farmland under crops, 3,755 chickens, 3,473 bushels of peas, 3,202 bushels of buckwheat, 2,845 bushels of barley, 1,612 tons of hay, 1,519 acres of hay crops, 1,477 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,398 acres of oats, 1,280 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,073 bushels of corn, 1,071 bushels of turnips, 838 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 785 bushels of spring wheat, 585 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 377 acres of potatoes, 375 milk cows, 301 turkeys, 290 horses aged over 3 years, 283 sheep, 239 swine slaughtered or sold, 198 other cattle, 193 other fowl, 179 swine, 151 ducks, 146 acres of barley, 115 occupants of farms, 112 farm occupants who own their land, 109 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 106 horses aged 3 years and under, 104 sheep slaughtered or sold, 101 bushels of beans, 96 acres of wheat, 71 geese, 61 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 60 bushels of rye, 55 cattle killed or sold, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 41 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC155020 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC076006_1851 — 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). "Rivière des Prairies, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-des-prairies-qc155020-1891/.