Beebe Plains, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Beebe Plains, Village (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Beebe Plains, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 412. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.014°N, 72.144°W.

Population

In 1891, Beebe Plains, Village had a population of 412: 201 male and 211 female residents. Population density was 122.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	372
1891	412
1901	477
1911	808
1921	921

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, Beebe Plains, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4
FAM NO	102
Number of families	102
Number of females	211
Number of males	201
Number of married females	94
Number of married males	93
Number of married persons	187
Number of widowed females	18
Number of widowed males	5
Number of widowed persons	23
POP F	211
POP M	201
POP TOT	412
Total population	412

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	99
Number of single males under 18	103
Number of single persons under 18	202

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	55
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	357

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	100
Number of houses built of brick	4
Number of houses built of wood	96
Number of houses of 1 story	83
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	16
Number of houses of 2 rooms	2
Number of houses of 2 stories	17
Number of houses of 3 rooms	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	4
Number of houses of 5 rooms	7
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	67
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	3
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	100
Number of uninhabited houses	11

Agriculture (59 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	30
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	40
Acres of farmland in pasture	605
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	327
Acres of farmland under crops	820
Acres of hay crops	575
Acres of improved land in farms	1,465
Acres of land in farms	1,792
Acres of oats	69
Acres of potatoes	33
Acres of turnips	5
Acres of wheat	7
BAR AC	30
BAR BU	802
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	802
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	146
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	98
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	425
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,577
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	11
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,627
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	144
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,969
BWT BU	98
CRN BU	425
HAY AC	575
HAY TONS	763
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	109
Number of chickens	566
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	69
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	23
Number of geese	6
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	27
Number of horses aged over 3 years	106
Number of milk cows	149
Number of occupants of farms	92
Number of other cattle	128
Number of other fowl	22
Number of oxen	10
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	19
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	62
Number of sheep	109
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	99
Number of swine	86
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	115
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	69
OAT BU	2,577
PEA BU	11
POT AC	33
POT BU	4,627
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	587
Pounds of homemade butter	10,922
Tons of hay produced in the past year	763
WHT AC	7
WHT SP BU	144

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	7
A 11 50	19
A 51 100	4
BEN BU	146
BUTTER LB	10,922
CATTLE KS	109
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	99
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	103
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	202
COARSE WOOL LB	587
COLTS FILLIES	27
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	102
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4
FRN CA	55
GEESE	6
HENS AND CHKN	566
HORSES OVR THREE	106
HOUSES	100
HOUSES B	4
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	16
HOUSES FIVE RM	7
HOUSES FOUR RM	4
HOUSES ONE STRY	83
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	67
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	3
HOUSES THREE RM	1
HOUSES TWO RM	2
HOUSES TWO STRY	17
HOUSES UNINH	11
HOUSES W	96
INF 11 A	62
MD FEM	94
MD MALE	93
MD TOT	187
MILK COWS	149
NAME CD	Stanstead
OC F	23
OC P	69
OC TOT	92
OTHER FOWL	22
OTHER HRN CATTLE	128
OTHERS	357
SHEEP	109
SHEEP KS	99
SUP AM	1,465
SUP FOR	327
SUP JV	40
SUP PAT	605
SUP SC	820
SUP TOT	1,792
SWINE	86
SWINE KS	115
TOT DWLG OCC	100
TUR AC	5
TUR BU	1,969
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	18
WID MALE	5
WID TOT	23
WORKING OX	10

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC191003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC090012 — 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). "Beebe Plains, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beebe-plains-village-qc191003-1891/.