Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 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 density was 2209.4 people per square mile.
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 308 |
| Number of families | 308 |
| Number of females | 857 |
| Number of males | 733 |
| Number of married females | 255 |
| Number of married males | 254 |
| Number of married persons | 509 |
| Number of widowed females | 55 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 69 |
| POP F | 857 |
| POP M | 733 |
| POP TOT | 1,590 |
| Total population | 1,590 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 547 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 465 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,012 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,522 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 68 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 291 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 34 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 29 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 228 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 183 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 24 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 98 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 38 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 10 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 70 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 27 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 100 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of occupied houses | 291 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 20 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 11 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 54 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 150 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,040 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 579 |
| Acres of hay crops | 124 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 783 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,823 |
| Acres of oats | 77 |
| Acres of potatoes | 9 |
| Acres of wheat | 13 |
| BAR AC | 11 |
| BAR BU | 160 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 160 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 147 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,048 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 365 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 730 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 32 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 10 |
| BWT BU | 147 |
| HAY AC | 124 |
| HAY TONS | 94 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 8 |
| Number of chickens | 1,006 |
| Number of ducks | 6 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 156 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 108 |
| Number of geese | 3 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 12 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 102 |
| Number of milk cows | 120 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 264 |
| Number of other cattle | 15 |
| Number of other fowl | 20 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 254 |
| Number of sheep | 8 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 6 |
| Number of swine | 88 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 144 |
| Number of turkeys | 2 |
| OAT AC | 77 |
| OAT BU | 1,048 |
| PEA BU | 365 |
| POT AC | 9 |
| POT BU | 730 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 40 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,440 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 94 |
| WHT AC | 13 |
| WHT FALL BU | 10 |
| WHT SP BU | 32 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 1 |
| A 11 50 | 6 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,440 |
| CATTLE KS | 8 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 547 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 465 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,012 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 40 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 12 |
| DUCKS | 6 |
| FAMILIES | 308 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FRN CA | 1,522 |
| GEESE | 3 |
| GRA BU | 13 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,006 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 102 |
| HOUSES | 291 |
| HOUSES B | 34 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 24 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 27 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 70 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 183 |
| HOUSES S | 29 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 100 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 38 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 10 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 20 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 98 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 20 |
| HOUSES W | 228 |
| INF 11 A | 254 |
| MD FEM | 255 |
| MD MALE | 254 |
| MD TOT | 509 |
| MILK COWS | 120 |
| NAME CD | Beauharnois |
| OC F | 108 |
| OC P | 156 |
| OC TOT | 264 |
| OTHER FOWL | 20 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 15 |
| OTHERS | 68 |
| SHEEP | 8 |
| SHEEP KS | 6 |
| SUP AM | 783 |
| SUP FOR | 1,040 |
| SUP JV | 54 |
| SUP PAT | 150 |
| SUP SC | 579 |
| SUP TOT | 1,823 |
| SWINE | 88 |
| SWINE KS | 144 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 291 |
| TURKEY | 2 |
| WID FEM | 55 |
| WID MALE | 14 |
| WID TOT | 69 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC140001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC041008_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). "Beauharnois, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beauharnois-town-ville-qc140001-1891/.