Boucherville, Quebec (1891 census)

Boucherville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 995. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.592°N, 73.420°W.

Population

In 1891, Boucherville had a population of 995: 503 male and 492 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, Boucherville shared boundaries with:

• Boucherville, Village
• Longueuil
• St. Bruno
• St. Hubert
• Ste. Julie
• Varennes

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 995 total population, 503 males, 492 females, 289 married persons, 159 families, 145 married males, 144 married females, 41 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 665 single persons under 18, 338 single males under 18, 327 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 995 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 158 houses, 158 occupied houses, 141 houses of 1 story, 118 houses built of wood, 70 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses built of brick, 20 houses built of stone, 17 houses of 2 stories, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,424 bushels of oats, 37,364 pounds of homemade butter, 19,511 acres of land in farms, 18,375 acres of improved land in farms, 16,226 acres of farmland under crops, 11,625 acres of hay crops, 10,653 tons of hay, 7,651 bushels of potatoes, 3,813 bushels of peas, 3,389 acres of oats, 2,644 chickens, 2,356 bushels of barley, 2,130 bushels of buckwheat, 2,115 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,099 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,186 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,136 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 728 bushels of corn, 548 horses aged over 3 years, 502 milk cows, 496 sheep, 455 sheep slaughtered or sold, 410 swine slaughtered or sold, 325 swine, 274 bushels of spring wheat, 255 other cattle, 227 horses aged 3 years and under, 223 other fowl, 216 cattle killed or sold, 173 acres of barley, 166 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 146 occupants of farms, 131 turkeys, 123 farm occupants who own their land, 104 acres of potatoes, 71 bushels of beans, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 34 acres of wheat, 33 bushels of winter wheat, 33 geese, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 ducks, 24 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 16 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 bushels of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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: QC145001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC046001_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141924
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boucherville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boucherville

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). "Boucherville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/boucherville-qc145001-1891/.