Ecureuils, Quebec (1891 census)

Ecureuils was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 528. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.686°N, 71.713°W.

Population

In 1891, Ecureuils had a population of 528: 256 male and 272 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, Ecureuils shared boundaries with:

• Pointe aux Trembles

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 528 total population, 272 females, 256 males, 159 married persons, 84 families, 80 married males, 79 married females, 26 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 343 single persons under 18, 177 single females under 18, 166 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 528 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 78 houses, 78 houses of 1 story, 78 occupied houses, 71 houses built of wood, 37 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,515 pounds of homemade butter, 5,795 bushels of oats, 4,913 acres of land in farms, 3,591 acres of improved land in farms, 3,054 bushels of potatoes, 2,919 bushels of turnips, 2,357 acres of farmland under crops, 1,322 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,197 acres of farmland in pasture, 899 tons of hay, 733 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 626 bushels of spring wheat, 621 acres of hay crops, 621 chickens, 556 acres of oats, 460 bushels of barley, 327 bushels of buckwheat, 320 milk cows, 285 swine slaughtered or sold, 145 other cattle, 138 bushels of peas, 129 sheep, 108 swine, 100 sheep slaughtered or sold, 91 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 73 horses aged over 3 years, 72 occupants of farms, 68 farm occupants who own their land, 64 cattle killed or sold, 57 acres of wheat, 54 other fowl, 43 acres of potatoes, 37 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 acres of barley, 29 bushels of corn, 26 acres of turnips, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 16 oxen, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 12 turkeys, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 bushels of beans, 4 ducks, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC178004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186004 — 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). "Ecureuils, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ecureuils-qc178004-1891/.