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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

Duhamel & Guigues, Quebec (1891 census)

Duhamel & Guigues was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 677. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.403°N, 79.342°W.

Population

In 1891, Duhamel & Guigues had a population of 677: 380 male and 297 female residents. Population density was 2.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891677
19011,566

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Duhamel & Guigues shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.20
FAM NO131
Number of families131
Number of females297
Number of males380
Number of married females116
Number of married males117
Number of married persons233
Number of widowed females9
Number of widowed males9
Number of widowed persons18
POP F297
POP M380
POP TOT677
Total population677
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18172
Number of single males under 18254
Number of single persons under 18426
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians551
Number of persons who are not French Canadian126
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses122
Number of houses built of brick2
Number of houses built of wood120
Number of houses of 1 room22
Number of houses of 1 story47
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms3
Number of houses of 2 rooms40
Number of houses of 2 stories72
Number of houses of 3 rooms22
Number of houses of 3 stories3
Number of houses of 4 rooms22
Number of houses of 5 rooms4
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms7
Number of houses of over 15 rooms2
Number of houses under construction31
Number of occupied houses122
Number of uninhabited houses20
Agriculture (66 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley19
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards36
Acres of farmland in pasture23,399
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest7,184
Acres of farmland under crops4,595
Acres of hay crops1,651
Acres of improved land in farms28,030
Acres of land in farms35,214
Acres of oats504
Acres of potatoes98
Acres of turnips9
Acres of wheat128
BAR AC19
BAR BU294
Bushels of barley produced in the past year294
Bushels of beans produced in the past year17
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year61
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year10
Bushels of corn produced in the past year4
Bushels of oats produced in the past year5,642
Bushels of peas produced in the past year5,327
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year10,755
Bushels of rye produced in the past year10
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year891
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year1,117
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year206
BWT BU61
CRN BU4
HAY AC1,651
HAY TONS1,282
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year46
Number of chickens1,129
Number of ducks12
Number of farm occupants who own their land152
Number of farm occupants who rent their land3
Number of geese25
Number of horses aged 3 years and under12
Number of horses aged over 3 years117
Number of milk cows139
Number of occupants of farms155
Number of other cattle143
Number of other fowl7
Number of oxen18
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres57
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres43
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres41
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres12
Number of sheep76
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold33
Number of swine244
Number of swine slaughtered or sold129
Number of turkeys4
OAT AC504
OAT BU5,642
PEA BU5,327
POT AC98
POT BU10,755
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year172
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year45
Pounds of homemade butter7,029
RYE BU10
Tons of hay produced in the past year1,282
WHT AC128
WHT FALL BU206
WHT SP BU891
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20057
A 11 502
A 201 PL41
A 51 10043
BEN BU17
BUTTER LB7,029
CATTLE KS46
CHILD AND UNMD FEM172
CHILD AND UNMD MALE254
CHILD AND UNMD TOT426
COARSE WOOL LB172
COLTS FILLIES12
DUCKS12
FAMILIES131
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.20
FINE WOOL LB45
FRN CA551
GEESE25
GRA BU10
HENS AND CHKN1,129
HORSES OVR THREE117
HOUSES122
HOUSES B2
HOUSES CON31
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM3
HOUSES FIVE RM4
HOUSES FOUR RM22
HOUSES ONE RM22
HOUSES ONE STRY47
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM7
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM2
HOUSES THREE RM22
HOUSES THREE STRY3
HOUSES TWO RM40
HOUSES TWO STRY72
HOUSES UNINH20
HOUSES W120
INF 11 A12
MD FEM116
MD MALE117
MD TOT233
MILK COWS139
NAME CDPontiac
OC F3
OC P152
OC TOT155
OTHER FOWL7
OTHER HRN CATTLE143
OTHERS126
SHEEP76
SHEEP KS33
SUP AM28,030
SUP FOR7,184
SUP JV36
SUP PAT23,399
SUP SC4,595
SUP TOT35,214
SWINE244
SWINE KS129
TOT DWLG OCC122
TUR AC9
TUR BU1,117
TURKEY4
WID FEM9
WID MALE9
WID TOT18
WORKING OX18

Identifiers

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). "Duhamel & Guigues, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/duhamel-guigues-qc177012-1891/.