Beloeil, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)

Beloeil, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,805. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138841. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.597°N, 73.242°W.

Population

In 1891, Beloeil, T-V had a population of 1,805: 894 male and 911 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, Beloeil, T-V shared boundaries with:

• St. Bazile le Grand
• St. Marc
• Ste. Julie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,805 total population, 911 females, 894 males, 568 married persons, 357 families, 284 married females, 284 married males, 77 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,160 single persons under 18, 583 single females under 18, 577 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,758 French Canadians, 47 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 357 occupied houses, 341 houses, 312 houses of 1 story, 268 houses built of wood, 126 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 38 houses built of stone, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 35 houses built of brick, 27 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 16 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 29,942 bushels of oats, 27,455 pounds of homemade butter, 20,982 acres of land in farms, 18,112 bushels of potatoes, 17,647 acres of improved land in farms, 13,748 acres of farmland under crops, 9,880 bushels of barley, 7,543 acres of hay crops, 7,024 tons of hay, 6,532 bushels of peas, 4,862 chickens, 4,832 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,732 bushels of buckwheat, 3,725 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,335 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,063 bushels of spring wheat, 3,014 acres of oats, 1,821 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,513 bushels of corn, 1,473 bushels of turnips, 1,360 sheep, 1,039 other fowl, 894 milk cows, 819 sheep slaughtered or sold, 769 acres of barley, 676 cattle killed or sold, 653 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 627 swine, 611 horses aged over 3 years, 605 swine slaughtered or sold, 441 acres of wheat, 365 other cattle, 341 occupants of farms, 325 horses aged 3 years and under, 257 turkeys, 235 farm occupants who own their land, 221 acres of potatoes, 177 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 174 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 142 geese, 132 bushels of beans, 106 farm occupants who rent their land, 63 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 46 ducks, 38 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC196001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098009_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138841
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beloeil,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel%C5%93il_(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). "Beloeil, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/beloeil-t-v-qc196001-1891/.