Cacouna, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Cacouna, Village (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Cacouna, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 620. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2932587. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.903°N, 69.502°W.

Population

In 1891, Cacouna, Village had a population of 620: 296 male and 324 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	641
1881	648
1891	620
1901	589
1911	517
1921	533

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, Cacouna, Village shared boundaries with:

Cacouna

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6
FAM NO	105
Number of families	105
Number of females	324
Number of males	296
Number of married females	98
Number of married males	98
Number of married persons	196
Number of widowed females	19
Number of widowed males	5
Number of widowed persons	24
POP F	324
POP M	296
POP TOT	620
Total population	620

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	207
Number of single males under 18	193
Number of single persons under 18	400

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	590
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	30

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties	2
Number of houses	102
Number of houses built of stone	1
Number of houses built of wood	101
Number of houses of 1 story	76
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	22
Number of houses of 2 rooms	7
Number of houses of 2 stories	26
Number of houses of 3 rooms	5
Number of houses of 4 rooms	10
Number of houses of 5 rooms	5
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	47
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	6
Number of occupied houses	104
Number of uninhabited houses	50

Agriculture (56 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	49
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	7
Acres of farmland in pasture	150
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	732
Acres of farmland under crops	2,013
Acres of hay crops	619
Acres of improved land in farms	2,170
Acres of land in farms	2,902
Acres of oats	292
Acres of potatoes	118
Acres of turnips	1
Acres of wheat	31
BAR AC	49
BAR BU	481
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	481
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	14
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,915
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	106
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	15,058
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	630
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	201
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	164
BWT BU	14
HAY AC	619
HAY TONS	548
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	43
Number of chickens	649
Number of farm occupants who own their land	80
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	16
Number of geese	3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	10
Number of horses aged over 3 years	99
Number of milk cows	182
Number of occupants of farms	96
Number of other cattle	71
Number of other fowl	30
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	11
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	8
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	13
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	64
Number of sheep	223
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	156
Number of swine	177
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	174
OAT AC	292
OAT BU	2,915
PEA BU	106
POT AC	118
POT BU	15,058
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	876
Pounds of homemade butter	9,895
RYE BU	630
Tons of hay produced in the past year	548
WHT AC	31
WHT SP BU	201

Other recorded variables (59 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	11
A 11 50	8
A 51 100	13
BUTTER LB	9,895
CATTLE KS	43
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	207
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	193
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	400
COARSE WOOL LB	876
COLTS FILLIES	10
FAMILIES	105
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6
FRN CA	590
GEESE	3
HENS AND CHKN	649
HORSES OVR THREE	99
HOUSES	102
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	22
HOUSES FIVE RM	5
HOUSES FOUR RM	10
HOUSES ONE STRY	76
HOUSES S	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	47
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	6
HOUSES THREE RM	5
HOUSES TWO RM	7
HOUSES TWO STRY	26
HOUSES UNINH	50
HOUSES W	101
INF 11 A	64
MD FEM	98
MD MALE	98
MD TOT	196
MILK COWS	182
NAME CD	Témiscouata
OC F	16
OC P	80
OC TOT	96
OTHER FOWL	30
OTHER HRN CATTLE	71
OTHERS	30
SHEEP	223
SHEEP KS	156
SUP AM	2,170
SUP FOR	732
SUP JV	41
SUP PAT	150
SUP SC	2,013
SUP TOT	2,902
SWINE	177
SWINE KS	174
TOT DWLG OCC	104
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	164
VESS AND SHAN	2
WID FEM	19
WID MALE	5
WID TOT	24
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC192003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095031 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q2932587

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). "Cacouna, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cacouna-village-qc192003-1891/.