Fort Coulonge, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Fort Coulonge, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 323. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3077737. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.841°N, 76.738°W.

Population

In 1891, Fort Coulonge, Village had a population of 323: 168 male and 155 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Mansfield, Pontefract, 1881 (0.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Fort Coulonge, Village shared boundaries with:

• Mansfield & Pontefract

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 323 total population, 168 males, 155 females, 107 married persons, 60 families, 54 married females, 53 married males, 6 widowed females, 6 widowed persons, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 210 single persons under 18, 115 single males under 18, 95 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 185 persons who are not French Canadian, 138 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 60 houses, 60 occupied houses, 56 houses built of wood, 31 houses of 1 story, 28 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 1,675 pounds of homemade butter, 1,225 bushels of potatoes, 725 acres of land in farms, 484 acres of improved land in farms, 380 bushels of oats, 371 chickens, 292 acres of farmland in pasture, 264 bushels of peas, 241 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 169 acres of farmland under crops, 77 acres of hay crops, 71 tons of hay, 64 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 59 occupants of farms, 52 milk cows, 52 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 45 farm occupants who own their land, 40 swine slaughtered or sold, 35 swine, 31 horses aged over 3 years, 30 acres of oats, 30 bushels of barley, 25 bushels of buckwheat, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 bushels of corn, 22 cattle killed or sold, 20 bushels of turnips, 19 other cattle, 17 other fowl, 15 sheep, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 acres of potatoes, 12 bushels of rye, 12 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 bushels of beans, 6 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 geese, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC177013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3077737
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort-Coulonge
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort-Coulonge

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). "Fort Coulonge, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fort-coulonge-village-qc177013-1891/.