Frelighsburg, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Frelighsburg, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 263. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138530673. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.055°N, 72.842°W.

Population

In 1891, Frelighsburg, Village had a population of 263: 132 male and 131 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, Frelighsburg, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Armand E.

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 263 total population, 132 males, 131 females, 101 married persons, 54 families, 51 married males, 50 married females, 13 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 4.90 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 149 single persons under 18, 78 single males under 18, 71 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 163 persons who are not French Canadian, 100 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 54 houses, 54 occupied houses, 39 houses built of wood, 34 houses of 1 story, 27 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 2 stories, 14 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,489 pounds of homemade butter, 1,565 bushels of potatoes, 553 bushels of corn, 460 bushels of oats, 432 acres of land in farms, 382 acres of improved land in farms, 266 bushels of barley, 263 tons of hay, 257 chickens, 220 bushels of turnips, 184 acres of farmland under crops, 166 acres of hay crops, 165 acres of farmland in pasture, 60 occupants of farms, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 48 horses aged over 3 years, 48 milk cows, 33 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 32 farm occupants who own their land, 32 swine slaughtered or sold, 28 farm occupants who rent their land, 25 bushels of winter wheat, 21 swine, 15 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of beans, 14 acres of oats, 13 geese, 10 turkeys, 9 acres of barley, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 other cattle, 4 cattle killed or sold, 4 ducks, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 bushels of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 oxen, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC169007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC072018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138530673

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). "Frelighsburg, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/frelighsburg-village-qc169007-1891/.