Gaspé, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Gaspé, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 307. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.840°N, 64.507°W.

Population

In 1891, Gaspé, Village had a population of 307: 164 male and 143 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 contained Gaspé, Village, 1881 (39.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Gaspé, Village shared boundaries with:

• Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 307 total population, 164 males, 143 females, 94 married persons, 61 families, 47 married females, 47 married males, 12 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 5 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 201 single persons under 18, 114 single males under 18, 87 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 265 persons who are not French Canadian, 42 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 61 houses, 61 occupied houses, 59 houses built of wood, 46 houses of 1 story, 33 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 12 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,996 pounds of homemade butter, 3,275 bushels of potatoes, 1,798 acres of land in farms, 1,254 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 914 bushels of oats, 544 acres of improved land in farms, 428 chickens, 417 bushels of turnips, 359 acres of farmland under crops, 349 tons of hay, 239 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 237 acres of hay crops, 193 bushels of barley, 171 acres of farmland in pasture, 81 milk cows, 73 sheep, 57 occupants of farms, 50 farm occupants who own their land, 42 horses aged over 3 years, 41 acres of oats, 41 other cattle, 41 swine, 31 swine slaughtered or sold, 25 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 cattle killed or sold, 22 acres of potatoes, 21 sheep slaughtered or sold, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 acres of barley, 10 turkeys, 9 other fowl, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 ducks, 6 geese, 4 acres of turnips, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 oxen, 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: QC154009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056031 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141903
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_(ville)

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). "Gaspé, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-village-qc154009-1891/.