Etang du Nord, Quebec (1891 census)
Etang du Nord was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,952. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3205440. 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 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 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,952 total population, 1,003 males, 949 females, 625 married persons, 314 married females, 312 families, 311 married males, 51 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,276 single persons under 18, 677 single males under 18, 599 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,809 French Canadians, 143 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 293 houses, 293 houses built of wood, 293 occupied houses, 242 houses of 1 story, 97 houses of 2 rooms, 80 houses of 4 rooms, 51 houses of 2 stories, 51 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses under construction, 9 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,285 bushels of potatoes, 16,831 pounds of homemade butter, 9,824 bushels of turnips, 7,558 bushels of oats, 5,442 acres of land in farms, 4,765 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,529 acres of improved land in farms, 2,925 acres of farmland under crops, 2,635 chickens, 2,092 sheep, 1,913 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,492 acres of hay crops, 1,178 tons of hay, 1,100 bushels of barley, 768 swine, 603 acres of farmland in pasture, 542 sheep slaughtered or sold, 435 milk cows, 398 swine slaughtered or sold, 389 acres of potatoes, 373 other cattle, 357 acres of oats, 326 occupants of farms, 314 farm occupants who own their land, 251 horses aged over 3 years, 180 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 159 ducks, 155 acres of turnips, 144 cattle killed or sold, 139 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 122 geese, 76 acres of barley, 57 horses aged 3 years and under, 44 oxen, 19 turkeys, 12 other fowl, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 bushels of winter wheat, 2 employees on farms, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of wheat, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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: Q3205440
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89tang-du-Nord
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89tang-du-Nord
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/.