Cleveland, Quebec (1891 census)

Cleveland was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,249. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28469407. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.686°N, 72.096°W.

Population

In 1891, Cleveland had a population of 1,249: 633 male and 616 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, Cleveland shared boundaries with:

• Kingsey
• Richmond
• Shipton
• Windsor

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 1,249 total population, 633 males, 616 females, 417 married persons, 235 families, 210 married females, 207 married males, 48 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 784 single persons under 18, 406 single males under 18, 378 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 864 persons who are not French Canadian, 385 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 233 houses, 233 occupied houses, 220 houses of 1 story, 204 houses built of wood, 138 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses built of brick, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 78,837 pounds of homemade butter, 28,136 bushels of potatoes, 26,492 bushels of oats, 23,198 acres of land in farms, 13,118 acres of improved land in farms, 10,080 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,382 bushels of turnips, 7,913 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,122 acres of farmland under crops, 5,897 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,586 bushels of barley, 5,263 tons of hay, 4,769 acres of hay crops, 4,041 bushels of spring wheat, 2,920 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,858 chickens, 1,737 bushels of buckwheat, 1,415 sheep, 1,268 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,206 acres of oats, 1,052 other cattle, 903 milk cows, 639 cattle killed or sold, 467 swine slaughtered or sold, 390 horses aged over 3 years, 339 swine, 306 acres of barley, 306 bushels of peas, 276 acres of wheat, 224 bushels of corn, 191 occupants of farms, 184 acres of potatoes, 183 farm occupants who own their land, 162 bushels of beans, 157 horses aged 3 years and under, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 84 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 73 turkeys, 69 geese, 52 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 47 ducks, 46 oxen, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 31 acres of turnips, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC182002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28469407

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). "Cleveland, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cleveland-qc182002-1891/.