Eardley, Quebec (1891 census)

Eardley was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,530. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243118. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.544°N, 75.998°W.

Population

In 1891, Eardley had a population of 1,530: 802 male and 728 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, Eardley shared boundaries with:

• Hull
• Masham
• Onslow N
• Onslow S

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 1,530 total population, 802 males, 728 females, 433 married persons, 245 families, 217 married females, 216 married males, 39 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,058 single persons under 18, 572 single males under 18, 486 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,099 persons who are not French Canadian, 431 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 237 houses, 237 occupied houses, 229 houses built of wood, 229 houses of 1 story, 71 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses built of stone, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 76,361 pounds of homemade butter, 59,442 bushels of oats, 35,901 bushels of potatoes, 27,628 acres of land in farms, 21,392 bushels of spring wheat, 16,024 acres of improved land in farms, 11,604 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,249 acres of farmland under crops, 9,470 bushels of peas, 8,667 chickens, 6,033 bushels of turnips, 5,296 bushels of barley, 5,006 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,668 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,269 bushels of corn, 2,960 acres of hay crops, 2,901 acres of oats, 2,801 tons of hay, 1,779 acres of wheat, 1,527 bushels of beans, 1,488 bushels of buckwheat, 1,455 sheep, 1,137 other cattle, 1,051 swine, 975 milk cows, 760 bushels of rye, 594 turkeys, 584 horses aged over 3 years, 450 sheep slaughtered or sold, 421 swine slaughtered or sold, 369 geese, 323 acres of potatoes, 289 cattle killed or sold, 273 acres of barley, 232 occupants of farms, 207 farm occupants who own their land, 206 ducks, 200 horses aged 3 years and under, 134 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 107 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 82 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 33 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 31 acres of turnips, 24 farm occupants who rent their land, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 other fowl, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC176014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC205007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243118

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). "Eardley, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/eardley-qc176014-1891/.