Carleton, Quebec (1891 census)

Carleton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,078. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.166°N, 66.159°W.

Population

In 1891, Carleton had a population of 1,078: 534 male and 544 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Tracadièche, 1881 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Carleton shared boundaries with:

• Maria W-O
• NO DATA
• Nouvelle & Shoolbred E

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,078 total population, 544 females, 534 males, 277 married persons, 150 families, 139 married females, 138 married males, 52 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 7.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 749 single persons under 18, 379 single males under 18, 370 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,074 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 148 houses, 148 houses built of wood, 148 occupied houses, 83 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 2 stories, 56 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 42 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 49,960 bushels of potatoes, 14,956 acres of land in farms, 12,595 pounds of homemade butter, 11,514 bushels of oats, 9,528 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,428 acres of improved land in farms, 4,512 bushels of turnips, 3,756 acres of farmland under crops, 2,681 chickens, 2,425 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,809 bushels of spring wheat, 1,639 bushels of barley, 1,626 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,584 bushels of buckwheat, 1,033 bushels of peas, 1,029 tons of hay, 966 sheep, 845 acres of oats, 841 acres of hay crops, 379 swine, 300 swine slaughtered or sold, 295 acres of potatoes, 287 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 278 sheep slaughtered or sold, 271 other cattle, 259 milk cows, 212 geese, 201 acres of wheat, 155 horses aged over 3 years, 147 occupants of farms, 134 farm occupants who own their land, 122 cattle killed or sold, 105 acres of barley, 83 bushels of rye, 61 oxen, 56 bushels of beans, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 ducks, 36 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 acres of turnips, 33 bushels of corn, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 other fowl, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 employees on farms. (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: QC143001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242734

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). "Carleton, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/carleton-qc143001-1891/.