Cap de la Magdeleine, Quebec (1891 census)

Cap de la Magdeleine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,289. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936979. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.401°N, 72.503°W.

Population

In 1891, Cap de la Magdeleine had a population of 1,289: 661 male and 628 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, Cap de la Magdeleine shared boundaries with:

• La Visitation
• St. Maurice

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,289 total population, 661 males, 628 females, 428 married persons, 243 families, 214 married females, 214 married males, 42 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 819 single persons under 18, 426 single males under 18, 393 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,264 French Canadians, 25 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 222 houses, 222 occupied houses, 220 houses of 1 story, 219 houses built of wood, 73 houses of 3 rooms, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 24 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 1 room, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,033 bushels of oats, 20,032 bushels of potatoes, 18,015 pounds of homemade butter, 11,689 acres of land in farms, 6,507 acres of improved land in farms, 5,182 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,415 acres of farmland under crops, 3,133 bushels of buckwheat, 3,104 chickens, 2,158 acres of oats, 2,085 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,831 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 918 sheep, 830 bushels of turnips, 686 tons of hay, 623 bushels of spring wheat, 621 bushels of corn, 591 bushels of barley, 538 acres of hay crops, 500 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 416 swine, 401 sheep slaughtered or sold, 395 bushels of peas, 370 milk cows, 333 other cattle, 239 swine slaughtered or sold, 198 farm occupants who own their land, 198 occupants of farms, 181 horses aged over 3 years, 178 acres of potatoes, 153 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 120 cattle killed or sold, 87 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 60 acres of wheat, 45 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 43 ducks, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 37 horses aged 3 years and under, 36 acres of barley, 28 bushels of beans, 25 bushels of rye, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 other fowl, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 acres of turnips, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 geese, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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: QC146001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC151001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2936979
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-de-la-Madeleine
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap-de-la-Madeleine

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). "Cap de la Magdeleine, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-de-la-magdeleine-qc146001-1891/.