Clifton E & W-O, & St. Edwidge and Martinville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Clifton E & W-O, & St. Edwidge and Martinville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,840. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.233°N, 71.632°W.
Population
In 1891, Clifton E & W-O, & St. Edwidge and Martinville, Village had a population of 1,840: 996 male and 844 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Edwidge, 1901 (37.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Clifton, East & West—Est & Ouest, 1901 (62.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Clifton E & W-O, & St. Edwidge and Martinville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,840 total population, 996 males, 844 females, 644 married persons, 349 families, 322 married females, 322 married males, 58 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,138 single persons under 18, 646 single males under 18, 492 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,019 French Canadians, 821 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 335 occupied houses, 334 houses, 332 houses built of wood, 270 houses of 1 story, 133 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 64 houses of 2 stories, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 96,825 pounds of homemade butter, 47,349 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 38,539 acres of land in farms, 35,804 bushels of potatoes, 25,272 bushels of oats, 19,955 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,584 acres of improved land in farms, 10,816 bushels of barley, 10,165 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 10,118 acres of farmland under crops, 9,500 bushels of turnips, 8,348 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,955 acres of hay crops, 6,584 tons of hay, 5,742 bushels of buckwheat, 3,731 chickens, 2,589 sheep, 1,709 bushels of spring wheat, 1,594 other cattle, 1,548 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,092 milk cows, 938 acres of oats, 799 bushels of peas, 661 cattle killed or sold, 650 swine, 569 swine slaughtered or sold, 543 horses aged over 3 years, 408 acres of barley, 332 occupants of farms, 311 farm occupants who own their land, 298 horses aged 3 years and under, 207 acres of potatoes, 202 oxen, 192 geese, 168 bushels of corn, 123 bushels of beans, 118 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 99 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 95 acres of wheat, 95 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 83 ducks, 77 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 64 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 32 acres of turnips, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 21, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 other fowl, 9 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC150004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC150004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Clifton E & W-O, & St. Edwidge and Martinville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/clifton-e-w-o-st-edwidge-and-martinville-village-qc150004-1891/.