Courcelle, Quebec (1891 census)
Courcelle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 304. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.497°N, 73.686°W.
Population
In 1891, Courcelle had a population of 304: 151 male and 153 female residents. Population density was 1.2 people per square mile.
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 was contained in St. Michel des Saints, 1881 (64.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Courcelle shared boundaries with:
- Mastigoche
- NO DATA
- NO DATA
- St. Damien
- St. Michel des Saints
- Ste. Emélie de l'Energie
- Unorganized territory—Territoire non-organisé
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.80 |
| FAM NO | 64 |
| Number of families | 64 |
| Number of females | 153 |
| Number of males | 151 |
| Number of married females | 57 |
| Number of married males | 57 |
| Number of married persons | 114 |
| Number of widowed females | 5 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 8 |
| POP F | 153 |
| POP M | 151 |
| POP TOT | 304 |
| Total population | 304 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 91 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 91 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 182 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 280 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 24 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses | 55 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 55 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 46 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 9 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 32 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 34 |
| Number of occupied houses | 57 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 75 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 567 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 8,044 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,570 |
| Acres of hay crops | 699 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,137 |
| Acres of land in farms | 11,181 |
| Acres of oats | 348 |
| Acres of potatoes | 29 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| Acres of wheat | 26 |
| BAR AC | 75 |
| BAR BU | 903 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 903 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 251 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 97 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,662 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,572 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,183 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 216 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 534 |
| BWT BU | 251 |
| CRN BU | 11 |
| HAY AC | 699 |
| HAY TONS | 603 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 38 |
| Number of chickens | 1,019 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 63 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 1 |
| Number of geese | 8 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 10 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 69 |
| Number of milk cows | 130 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 64 |
| Number of other cattle | 136 |
| Number of other fowl | 4 |
| Number of oxen | 42 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 21 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 27 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 2 |
| Number of sheep | 311 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 67 |
| Number of swine | 243 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 95 |
| Number of turkeys | 4 |
| OAT AC | 348 |
| OAT BU | 3,662 |
| PEA BU | 1,572 |
| POT AC | 29 |
| POT BU | 3,183 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,004 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 8,910 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 603 |
| WHT AC | 26 |
| WHT SP BU | 216 |
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 21 |
| A 201 PL | 14 |
| A 51 100 | 27 |
| BEN BU | 15 |
| BUTTER LB | 8,910 |
| CATTLE KS | 38 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 91 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 91 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 182 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 20 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 10 |
| FAMILIES | 64 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.80 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,004 |
| FRN CA | 280 |
| GEESE | 8 |
| GRA BU | 97 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,019 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 69 |
| HOUSES | 55 |
| HOUSES CON | 34 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 12 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 46 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 5 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 32 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 9 |
| HOUSES W | 55 |
| INF 11 A | 2 |
| MD FEM | 57 |
| MD MALE | 57 |
| MD TOT | 114 |
| MILK COWS | 130 |
| NAME CD | Berthier |
| OC F | 1 |
| OC P | 63 |
| OC TOT | 64 |
| OTHER FOWL | 4 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 136 |
| OTHERS | 24 |
| SHEEP | 311 |
| SHEEP KS | 67 |
| SUP AM | 3,137 |
| SUP FOR | 8,044 |
| SUP PAT | 567 |
| SUP SC | 2,570 |
| SUP TOT | 11,181 |
| SWINE | 243 |
| SWINE KS | 95 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 57 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 534 |
| TURKEY | 4 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 2 |
| WID FEM | 5 |
| WID MALE | 3 |
| WID TOT | 8 |
| WORKING OX | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC142003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC142003— 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). "Courcelle, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/courcelle-qc142003-1891/.