Etang du Nord, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Etang du Nord (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Etang du Nord was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,952. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.382°N, 61.904°W.

Population

In 1891, Etang du Nord had a population of 1,952: 1,003 male and 949 female residents. Population density was 79.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,530
1891	1,952
1901	2,376
1911	2,823
1921	1,357

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, Etang du Nord shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.30
FAM NO	312
Number of families	312
Number of females	949
Number of males	1,003
Number of married females	314
Number of married males	311
Number of married persons	625
Number of widowed females	36
Number of widowed males	15
Number of widowed persons	51
POP F	949
POP M	1,003
POP TOT	1,952
Total population	1,952

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	599
Number of single males under 18	677
Number of single persons under 18	1,276

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,809
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	143

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	293
Number of houses built of wood	293
Number of houses of 1 room	9
Number of houses of 1 story	242
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	97
Number of houses of 2 stories	51
Number of houses of 3 rooms	51
Number of houses of 4 rooms	80
Number of houses of 5 rooms	18
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	37
Number of houses under construction	10
Number of occupied houses	293
Number of uninhabited houses	21

Agriculture (53 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	76
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	603
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	1,913
Acres of farmland under crops	2,925
Acres of hay crops	1,492
Acres of improved land in farms	3,529
Acres of land in farms	5,442
Acres of oats	357
Acres of potatoes	389
Acres of turnips	155
Acres of wheat	1
BAR AC	76
BAR BU	1,100
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,100
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	7,558
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	38,285
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	9,824
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	4
HAY AC	1,492
HAY TONS	1,178
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	144
Number of chickens	2,635
Number of ducks	159
Number of employees on farms	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	314
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	10
Number of geese	122
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	57
Number of horses aged over 3 years	251
Number of milk cows	435
Number of occupants of farms	326
Number of other cattle	373
Number of other fowl	12
Number of oxen	44
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	180
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	6
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	139
Number of sheep	2,092
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	542
Number of swine	768
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	398
Number of turkeys	19
OAT AC	357
OAT BU	7,558
POT AC	389
POT BU	38,285
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	4,765
Pounds of homemade butter	16,831
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,178
WHT AC	1
WHT FALL BU	4

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	180
A 201 PL	1
A 51 100	6
BUTTER LB	16,831
CATTLE KS	144
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	599
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	677
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,276
COARSE WOOL LB	4,765
COLTS FILLIES	57
DUCKS	159
FAMILIES	312
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.30
FRN CA	1,809
GEESE	122
HENS AND CHKN	2,635
HORSES OVR THREE	251
HOUSES	293
HOUSES CON	10
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	18
HOUSES FOUR RM	80
HOUSES ONE RM	9
HOUSES ONE STRY	242
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	37
HOUSES THREE RM	51
HOUSES TWO RM	97
HOUSES TWO STRY	51
HOUSES UNINH	21
HOUSES W	293
INF 11 A	139
MD FEM	314
MD MALE	311
MD TOT	625
MILK COWS	435
NAME CD	Gaspé
OC E	2
OC F	10
OC P	314
OC TOT	326
OTHER FOWL	12
OTHER HRN CATTLE	373
OTHERS	143
SHEEP	2,092
SHEEP KS	542
SUP AM	3,529
SUP FOR	1,913
SUP JV	1
SUP PAT	603
SUP SC	2,925
SUP TOT	5,442
SWINE	768
SWINE KS	398
TOT DWLG OCC	293
TUR AC	155
TUR BU	9,824
TURKEY	19
WID FEM	36
WID MALE	15
WID TOT	51
WORKING OX	44

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC154006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056015 — 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). "Etang du Nord, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/etang-du-nord-qc154006-1891/.