Emberton, Quebec (1891 census)

Emberton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 422. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243125. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.282°N, 71.204°W.

Population

In 1891, Emberton had a population of 422: 244 male and 178 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, Emberton shared boundaries with:

• Auckland
• Chesham
• Ditton

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 422 total population, 244 males, 178 females, 149 married persons, 85 families, 75 married males, 74 married females, 11 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 5 average size of families, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 262 single persons under 18, 162 single males under 18, 100 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 412 French Canadians, 10 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 75 occupied houses, 74 houses, 74 houses built of wood, 74 houses of 1 story, 27 houses of 1 room, 22 houses of 2 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,209 acres of land in farms, 7,997 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,177 pounds of homemade butter, 3,671 bushels of potatoes, 2,212 acres of improved land in farms, 1,812 bushels of oats, 1,408 acres of farmland under crops, 1,233 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,117 bushels of buckwheat, 890 acres of hay crops, 781 acres of farmland in pasture, 665 tons of hay, 513 bushels of turnips, 396 sheep, 359 bushels of barley, 309 chickens, 176 sheep slaughtered or sold, 142 acres of oats, 136 other cattle, 126 bushels of peas, 126 milk cows, 85 occupants of farms, 79 farm occupants who own their land, 78 swine slaughtered or sold, 77 bushels of spring wheat, 65 horses aged over 3 years, 46 swine, 42 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 38 cattle killed or sold, 33 acres of barley, 33 acres of potatoes, 32 horses aged 3 years and under, 32 oxen, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 acres of wheat, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 ducks, 2 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC150008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC051008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243125

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). "Emberton, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/emberton-qc150008-1891/.