Côteau Landing, VL, Quebec (1891 census)

Côteau Landing, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 507. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.259°N, 74.206°W.

Population

In 1891, Côteau Landing, VL had a population of 507: 266 male and 241 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Côteau Landing, VL, 1901 (94.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Côteau Landing, VL shared boundaries with:

• St. Ignace
• St. Zotique

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 507 total population, 266 males, 241 females, 184 married persons, 100 families, 92 married females, 92 married males, 15 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 5.10 average size of families, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 308 single persons under 18, 173 single males under 18, 135 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 441 French Canadians, 66 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 100 houses, 100 occupied houses, 89 houses built of wood, 68 houses of 2 stories, 42 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 1 story, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses built of brick, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,345 pounds of homemade butter, 1,755 bushels of potatoes, 1,500 bushels of oats, 733 acres of land in farms, 637 chickens, 613 acres of improved land in farms, 461 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 366 acres of farmland under crops, 335 bushels of buckwheat, 199 acres of farmland in pasture, 189 bushels of corn, 164 acres of hay crops, 135 tons of hay, 121 sheep, 120 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 120 bushels of barley, 108 acres of oats, 105 occupants of farms, 99 bushels of spring wheat, 97 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 swine slaughtered or sold, 67 farm occupants who own their land, 60 horses aged over 3 years, 60 swine, 58 milk cows, 53 sheep slaughtered or sold, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 43 bushels of turnips, 40 bushels of peas, 38 farm occupants who rent their land, 28 acres of potatoes, 23 other cattle, 21 ducks, 20 bushels of beans, 18 acres of barley, 15 acres of wheat, 6 other fowl, 5 cattle killed or sold, 5 turkeys, 4 geese, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC190002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC089008 — 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). "Côteau Landing, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/c-teau-landing-vl-qc190002-1891/.