Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 density was 1525.0 people per square mile.
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 323 |
| Number of families | 323 |
| Number of females | 885 |
| Number of males | 825 |
| Number of married females | 303 |
| Number of married males | 304 |
| Number of married persons | 607 |
| Number of widowed females | 49 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 70 |
| POP F | 885 |
| POP M | 825 |
| POP TOT | 1,710 |
| Total population | 1,710 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 533 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 500 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,033 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,022 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 688 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 319 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 56 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 262 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 5 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 226 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 80 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 39 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 13 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 59 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 153 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of occupied houses | 319 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 6 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 124 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 446 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,653 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,264 |
| Acres of hay crops | 226 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,834 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3,487 |
| Acres of oats | 56 |
| Acres of potatoes | 36 |
| Acres of turnips | 4 |
| BAR AC | 6 |
| BAR BU | 82 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 82 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 260 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,564 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,547 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 313 |
| CRN BU | 260 |
| HAY AC | 226 |
| HAY TONS | 311 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 5,352 |
| Number of chickens | 1,149 |
| Number of ducks | 32 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 165 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 96 |
| Number of geese | 9 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 34 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 201 |
| Number of milk cows | 256 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 261 |
| Number of other cattle | 43 |
| Number of other fowl | 22 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 229 |
| Number of sheep | 153 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 2,665 |
| Number of swine | 100 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 578 |
| Number of turkeys | 2 |
| OAT AC | 56 |
| OAT BU | 1,564 |
| PEA BU | 18 |
| POT AC | 36 |
| POT BU | 5,547 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 50 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 604 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,738 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 311 |
Other recorded variables (67 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 7 |
| A 11 50 | 12 |
| A 201 PL | 6 |
| A 51 100 | 7 |
| BEN BU | 16 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,738 |
| CATTLE KS | 5,352 |
| CHEESE LB | 50 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 533 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 500 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,033 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 604 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 34 |
| DUCKS | 32 |
| FAMILIES | 323 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FRN CA | 1,022 |
| GEESE | 9 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,149 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 201 |
| HOUSES | 319 |
| HOUSES B | 56 |
| HOUSES CON | 8 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 22 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 59 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 226 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 153 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 39 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 13 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 80 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 262 |
| INF 11 A | 229 |
| MD FEM | 303 |
| MD MALE | 304 |
| MD TOT | 607 |
| MILK COWS | 256 |
| NAME CD | Shefford |
| OC F | 96 |
| OC P | 165 |
| OC TOT | 261 |
| OTHER FOWL | 22 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 43 |
| OTHERS | 688 |
| SHEEP | 153 |
| SHEEP KS | 2,665 |
| SUP AM | 1,834 |
| SUP FOR | 1,653 |
| SUP JV | 124 |
| SUP PAT | 446 |
| SUP SC | 1,264 |
| SUP TOT | 3,487 |
| SWINE | 100 |
| SWINE KS | 578 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 319 |
| TUR AC | 4 |
| TUR BU | 313 |
| TURKEY | 2 |
| WID FEM | 49 |
| WID MALE | 21 |
| WID TOT | 70 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC188004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC087013 — 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/.