Deschambault, Quebec (1891 census)

Deschambault was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,401. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q985593. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.681°N, 71.982°W.

Population

In 1891, Deschambault had a population of 2,401: 1,189 male and 1,212 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).

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 Deschambault, 1901 (73.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Deschambault shared boundaries with:

• Grondines
• Portneuf, VL
• St. Alban

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,401 total population, 1,212 females, 1,189 males, 732 married persons, 402 families, 366 married females, 366 married males, 95 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,574 single persons under 18, 789 single females under 18, 785 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,387 French Canadians, 14 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 373 houses, 373 occupied houses, 332 houses built of wood, 232 houses of 1 story, 139 houses of 2 stories, 138 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 72 houses of 4 rooms, 45 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses built of stone, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 1 room, 21 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,015 bushels of oats, 44,464 pounds of homemade butter, 33,777 acres of land in farms, 20,912 bushels of potatoes, 19,100 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,677 acres of improved land in farms, 8,725 acres of farmland under crops, 5,807 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,801 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,487 bushels of turnips, 4,172 tons of hay, 3,739 bushels of buckwheat, 3,589 acres of hay crops, 3,408 acres of oats, 3,134 chickens, 2,264 bushels of barley, 1,975 sheep, 1,199 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,143 milk cows, 1,038 bushels of spring wheat, 929 other cattle, 844 bushels of peas, 617 swine slaughtered or sold, 424 cattle killed or sold, 422 horses aged over 3 years, 416 swine, 416 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 356 occupants of farms, 334 farm occupants who own their land, 326 bushels of corn, 221 acres of potatoes, 173 acres of barley, 151 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 143 acres of wheat, 137 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 120 horses aged 3 years and under, 103 bushels of beans, 88 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 77 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 73 oxen, 69 ducks, 54 acres of turnips, 51 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 turkeys, 23 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 geese, 12 other fowl, 5 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC178003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186003_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q985593
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschambault-Grondines
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deschambault-Grondines

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). "Deschambault, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/deschambault-qc178003-1891/.