Granby, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Granby, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,710. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.401°N, 72.725°W.

Population

In 1891, Granby, Village had a population of 1,710: 825 male and 885 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, Granby, Village shared boundaries with:

• Granby

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,710 total population, 885 females, 825 males, 607 married persons, 323 families, 304 married males, 303 married females, 70 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,033 single persons under 18, 533 single females under 18, 500 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,022 French Canadians, 688 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 319 houses, 319 occupied houses, 262 houses built of wood, 226 houses of 1 story, 153 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 80 houses of 2 stories, 59 houses of 4 rooms, 56 houses built of brick, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses of 3 stories, 8 houses under construction, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of stone, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,547 bushels of potatoes, 5,352 cattle killed or sold, 3,738 pounds of homemade butter, 3,487 acres of land in farms, 2,665 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,834 acres of improved land in farms, 1,653 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,564 bushels of oats, 1,264 acres of farmland under crops, 1,149 chickens, 604 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 578 swine slaughtered or sold, 446 acres of farmland in pasture, 313 bushels of turnips, 311 tons of hay, 261 occupants of farms, 260 bushels of corn, 256 milk cows, 229 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 226 acres of hay crops, 201 horses aged over 3 years, 165 farm occupants who own their land, 153 sheep, 124 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 100 swine, 96 farm occupants who rent their land, 82 bushels of barley, 56 acres of oats, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 43 other cattle, 36 acres of potatoes, 34 horses aged 3 years and under, 32 ducks, 22 other fowl, 18 bushels of peas, 16 bushels of beans, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 geese, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 acres of barley, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 2 turkeys, 1 oxen. (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: QC188004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC192004 — 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). "Granby, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/granby-village-qc188004-1891/.