Beauharnois, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

Beauharnois, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,590. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139109. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.313°N, 73.879°W.

Population

In 1891, Beauharnois, Town—Ville had a population of 1,590: 733 male and 857 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, Beauharnois, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Clément

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,590 total population, 857 females, 733 males, 509 married persons, 308 families, 255 married females, 254 married males, 69 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,012 single persons under 18, 547 single females under 18, 465 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,522 French Canadians, 68 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 291 houses, 291 occupied houses, 228 houses built of wood, 183 houses of 1 story, 100 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 98 houses of 2 stories, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 34 houses built of brick, 29 houses built of stone, 27 houses of 5 rooms, 24 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of 3 stories, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,823 acres of land in farms, 1,440 pounds of homemade butter, 1,048 bushels of oats, 1,040 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,006 chickens, 783 acres of improved land in farms, 730 bushels of potatoes, 579 acres of farmland under crops, 365 bushels of peas, 264 occupants of farms, 254 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 160 bushels of barley, 156 farm occupants who own their land, 150 acres of farmland in pasture, 147 bushels of buckwheat, 144 swine slaughtered or sold, 124 acres of hay crops, 120 milk cows, 108 farm occupants who rent their land, 102 horses aged over 3 years, 94 tons of hay, 88 swine, 77 acres of oats, 54 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 32 bushels of spring wheat, 20 other fowl, 15 other cattle, 13 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 acres of barley, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 9 acres of potatoes, 8 cattle killed or sold, 8 sheep, 6 ducks, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 geese, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC140001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC041008_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139109
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauharnois,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauharnois_(ville)

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). "Beauharnois, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beauharnois-town-ville-qc140001-1891/.