Bienville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Bienville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 840. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2902028. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.814°N, 71.169°W.
Population
In 1891, Bienville, Village had a population of 840: 417 male and 423 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, Bienville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.90 |
| FAM NO | 171 |
| Number of families | 171 |
| Number of females | 423 |
| Number of males | 417 |
| Number of married females | 149 |
| Number of married males | 150 |
| Number of married persons | 299 |
| Number of widowed females | 19 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP F | 423 |
| POP M | 417 |
| POP TOT | 840 |
| Total population | 840 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 255 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 252 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 507 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 831 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 9 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 134 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 4 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 3 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 127 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 91 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 43 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 85 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 134 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (45 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 43 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 40 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 22 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 34 |
| Acres of hay crops | 179 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 117 |
| Acres of land in farms | 139 |
| Acres of oats | 8 |
| Acres of potatoes | 7 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 127 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 396 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 152 |
| CRN BU | 6 |
| HAY AC | 179 |
| HAY TONS | 172 |
| Number of chickens | 127 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 67 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 26 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 43 |
| Number of milk cows | 31 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 93 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of oxen | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 91 |
| Number of sheep | 12 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 1 |
| Number of swine | 30 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 16 |
| Number of turkeys | 1 |
| OAT AC | 8 |
| OAT BU | 127 |
| PEA BU | 17 |
| POT AC | 7 |
| POT BU | 396 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 48 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 690 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 172 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BEN BU | 24 |
| BUTTER LB | 690 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 255 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 252 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 507 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 48 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 171 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.90 |
| FRN CA | 831 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 127 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 43 |
| HOUSES | 134 |
| HOUSES B | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 9 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 13 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 17 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 91 |
| HOUSES S | 3 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 85 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 43 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 7 |
| HOUSES W | 127 |
| INF 11 A | 91 |
| MD FEM | 149 |
| MD MALE | 150 |
| MD TOT | 299 |
| MILK COWS | 31 |
| NAME CD | Lévis |
| OC F | 26 |
| OC P | 67 |
| OC TOT | 93 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 9 |
| SHEEP | 12 |
| SHEEP KS | 1 |
| SUP AM | 117 |
| SUP FOR | 22 |
| SUP JV | 43 |
| SUP PAT | 40 |
| SUP SC | 34 |
| SUP TOT | 139 |
| SWINE | 30 |
| SWINE KS | 16 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 134 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 152 |
| TURKEY | 1 |
| WID FEM | 19 |
| WID MALE | 15 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
| WORKING OX | 4 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC164001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC066016 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: Q2902028
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). "Bienville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bienville-village-qc164001-1891/.