Beaumont, Quebec (1891 census)

Beaumont was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 811. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2893240. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.818°N, 70.986°W.

Population

In 1891, Beaumont had a population of 811: 407 male and 404 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, Beaumont shared boundaries with:

• Lauzon, T-V
• St. Charles
• St. Joseph
• St. Michel

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 811 total population, 407 males, 404 females, 269 married persons, 149 families, 135 married males, 134 married females, 37 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 505 single persons under 18, 257 single males under 18, 248 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 806 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 136 houses, 136 occupied houses, 123 houses of 1 story, 116 houses built of wood, 65 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 18 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 35,987 pounds of homemade butter, 30,543 bushels of potatoes, 13,214 bushels of oats, 12,934 acres of land in farms, 9,635 acres of improved land in farms, 6,378 acres of farmland under crops, 4,320 acres of hay crops, 3,299 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,146 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,963 bushels of spring wheat, 1,931 tons of hay, 1,749 bushels of buckwheat, 1,662 acres of oats, 1,324 bushels of turnips, 1,254 chickens, 1,090 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 664 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 615 bushels of barley, 524 swine slaughtered or sold, 462 bushels of peas, 429 sheep, 417 milk cows, 318 acres of potatoes, 302 other cattle, 302 sheep slaughtered or sold, 205 swine, 189 horses aged over 3 years, 184 acres of wheat, 147 oxen, 138 occupants of farms, 135 cattle killed or sold, 125 farm occupants who own their land, 111 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 79 bushels of rye, 70 horses aged 3 years and under, 54 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 46 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 45 acres of turnips, 39 acres of barley, 34 other fowl, 33 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 ducks, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 geese, 4 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC141002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC141002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2893240
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaumont_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Beaumont, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beaumont-qc141002-1891/.