Calumet Island, Quebec (1891 census)

Calumet Island was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,310. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3205666. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.739°N, 76.685°W.

Population

In 1891, Calumet Island had a population of 1,310: 692 male and 618 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,310 total population, 692 males, 618 females, 366 married persons, 214 families, 183 married females, 183 married males, 46 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 898 single persons under 18, 486 single males under 18, 412 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 834 French Canadians, 476 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 211 houses, 211 occupied houses, 209 houses built of wood, 180 houses of 1 story, 48 houses of 2 rooms, 48 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 1 room, 31 houses of 2 stories, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 53,833 pounds of homemade butter, 31,552 bushels of oats, 23,610 acres of land in farms, 15,215 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,208 bushels of potatoes, 9,545 bushels of peas, 8,395 acres of improved land in farms, 7,365 bushels of spring wheat, 6,228 acres of farmland under crops, 3,461 chickens, 2,676 acres of hay crops, 2,133 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,741 acres of oats, 1,738 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,646 tons of hay, 1,418 bushels of barley, 1,182 bushels of corn, 1,178 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 864 acres of wheat, 802 other cattle, 761 sheep, 755 milk cows, 561 swine slaughtered or sold, 507 swine, 326 horses aged over 3 years, 293 bushels of buckwheat, 288 bushels of rye, 266 sheep slaughtered or sold, 203 cattle killed or sold, 187 occupants of farms, 183 acres of potatoes, 171 horses aged 3 years and under, 166 turkeys, 164 farm occupants who own their land, 102 bushels of beans, 100 bushels of turnips, 93 acres of barley, 93 geese, 72 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 37 ducks, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 other fowl, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of turnips, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC177007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3205666
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet

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). "Calumet Island, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/calumet-island-qc177007-1891/.