Aylmer, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
Aylmer, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,945. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138372625. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.398°N, 75.849°W.
Population
In 1891, Aylmer, Town—Ville had a population of 1,945: 984 male and 961 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 was contained in Aylmer, Village, 1881 (59.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Aylmer, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,945 total population, 984 males, 961 females, 610 married persons, 371 families, 305 married females, 305 married males, 96 widowed persons, 71 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,239 single persons under 18, 654 single males under 18, 585 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,119 French Canadians, 826 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 344 houses, 344 occupied houses, 307 houses built of wood, 247 houses of 2 stories, 144 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 80 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses built of stone, 16 houses of 3 stories, 14 houses built of brick, 11 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,807 bushels of potatoes, 12,328 pounds of homemade butter, 11,930 bushels of oats, 10,063 bushels of turnips, 3,780 acres of land in farms, 3,343 acres of improved land in farms, 3,089 chickens, 2,140 bushels of corn, 2,050 acres of farmland under crops, 1,339 bushels of spring wheat, 1,222 bushels of peas, 1,203 bushels of barley, 1,189 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,118 bushels of rye, 742 bushels of beans, 437 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 432 tons of hay, 351 acres of hay crops, 336 acres of oats, 311 other cattle, 289 swine, 230 bushels of buckwheat, 218 swine slaughtered or sold, 216 horses aged over 3 years, 204 milk cows, 120 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 104 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 102 acres of potatoes, 100 acres of wheat, 83 cattle killed or sold, 65 acres of barley, 62 occupants of farms, 58 horses aged 3 years and under, 53 sheep, 50 farm occupants who own their land, 50 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 40 turkeys, 33 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 acres of turnips, 21 ducks, 20 geese, 15 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 1 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC176004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138372625
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). "Aylmer, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/aylmer-town-ville-qc176004-1891/.