Coaticook, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)

Coaticook, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,086. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142053. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.136°N, 71.810°W.

Population

In 1891, Coaticook, T-V had a population of 3,086: 1,521 male and 1,565 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, Coaticook, T-V shared boundaries with:

• Barford
• Barnston
• Compton

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,086 total population, 1,565 females, 1,521 males, 1,085 married persons, 598 families, 545 married females, 540 married males, 122 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 34 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,879 single persons under 18, 947 single males under 18, 932 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,673 French Canadians, 1,413 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 562 houses, 562 occupied houses, 509 houses built of wood, 397 houses of 1 story, 332 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 154 houses of 2 stories, 72 houses of 5 rooms, 69 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 53 houses built of brick, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses of 3 stories, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,382 pounds of homemade butter, 7,878 bushels of potatoes, 2,986 chickens, 2,211 acres of land in farms, 1,898 bushels of oats, 1,840 bushels of turnips, 1,778 acres of improved land in farms, 1,039 tons of hay, 997 acres of farmland under crops, 932 bushels of barley, 864 acres of hay crops, 697 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 675 acres of farmland in pasture, 456 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 433 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 410 horses aged over 3 years, 400 bushels of buckwheat, 313 milk cows, 304 occupants of farms, 278 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 234 farm occupants who own their land, 219 swine, 216 sheep slaughtered or sold, 202 sheep, 138 other cattle, 106 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 81 swine slaughtered or sold, 78 bushels of spring wheat, 70 farm occupants who rent their land, 57 acres of oats, 54 acres of potatoes, 52 cattle killed or sold, 51 bushels of beans, 34 acres of barley, 33 ducks, 26 bushels of peas, 16 turkeys, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 geese, 6 acres of turnips, 6 oxen, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 acres of wheat, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC191004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC090009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142053
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaticook
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaticook_(ville)

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). "Coaticook, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/coaticook-t-v-qc191004-1891/.