Château Richer, Quebec (1891 census)
Château Richer was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,587. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142001. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.066°N, 71.097°W.
Population
In 1891, Château Richer had a population of 1,587: 757 male and 830 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,250 |
| 1861 | 1,537 |
| 1871 | 1,618 |
| 1881 | 1,820 |
| 1891 | 1,587 |
| 1901 | 1,595 |
| 1911 | 1,773 |
| 1921 | 1,857 |
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, Château Richer shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,587 total population, 830 females, 757 males, 504 married persons, 299 families, 254 married females, 250 married males, 75 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,008 single persons under 18, 530 single females under 18, 478 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,587 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 280 houses, 280 occupied houses, 156 houses built of wood, 113 houses built of stone, 112 houses of 2 stories, 110 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 109 houses of 1 story, 58 houses of 3 stories, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 11 houses built of brick, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,139 pounds of homemade butter, 35,394 acres of land in farms, 26,599 bushels of oats, 26,062 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,550 bushels of potatoes, 9,332 acres of improved land in farms, 5,648 acres of farmland under crops, 3,865 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,591 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,185 chickens, 2,778 bushels of spring wheat, 1,881 bushels of turnips, 1,731 tons of hay, 1,678 acres of oats, 1,117 bushels of buckwheat, 1,013 sheep, 999 acres of hay crops, 756 bushels of peas, 739 other cattle, 685 milk cows, 567 bushels of barley, 504 sheep slaughtered or sold, 478 swine, 472 swine slaughtered or sold, 293 horses aged over 3 years, 274 occupants of farms, 268 cattle killed or sold, 241 farm occupants who own their land, 212 acres of wheat, 148 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 98 acres of potatoes, 97 geese, 93 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 88 other fowl, 79 bushels of beans, 75 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 61 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 35 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 32 acres of barley, 32 bushels of corn, 27 acres of turnips, 24 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 oxen, 21 ducks, 18 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 turkeys, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Vincent Valin | 1827–1897 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC172001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142001
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer
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). "Château Richer, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ch-teau-richer-qc172001-1891/.