Boucherville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Boucherville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 821. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141924. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.611°N, 73.453°W.

Population

In 1891, Boucherville, Village had a population of 821: 375 male and 446 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, Village shared boundaries with:

• Boucherville

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 821 total population, 446 females, 375 males, 303 married persons, 190 families, 152 married males, 151 married females, 56 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 4.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 462 single persons under 18, 259 single females under 18, 203 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 805 French Canadians, 16 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 174 houses, 174 occupied houses, 156 houses of 1 story, 138 houses built of wood, 63 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses built of brick, 17 houses of 2 stories, 16 houses built of stone, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,960 pounds of homemade butter, 3,034 bushels of potatoes, 3,022 bushels of oats, 1,072 acres of land in farms, 818 chickens, 799 acres of improved land in farms, 658 tons of hay, 552 acres of farmland under crops, 456 bushels of barley, 404 bushels of turnips, 372 acres of hay crops, 315 bushels of buckwheat, 273 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 273 bushels of corn, 250 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 168 acres of oats, 147 bushels of peas, 138 occupants of farms, 131 acres of farmland in pasture, 126 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 116 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 105 swine slaughtered or sold, 91 farm occupants who own their land, 76 milk cows, 67 cattle killed or sold, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 59 sheep, 51 acres of potatoes, 46 farm occupants who rent their land, 34 swine, 31 bushels of beans, 30 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 24 acres of barley, 17 sheep slaughtered or sold, 15 ducks, 8 acres of turnips, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 other cattle, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 geese, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC145002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC046011 — 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, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/boucherville-village-qc145002-1891/.