Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Grenville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Grenville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 502. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 74.596°W.
Population
In 1891, Grenville, Village had a population of 502: 245 male and 257 female residents. Population density was 421.5 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, Grenville, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 154 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 | 94 |
| Number of families | 94 |
| Number of females | 257 |
| Number of males | 245 |
| Number of married females | 74 |
| Number of married males | 74 |
| Number of married persons | 148 |
| Number of widowed females | 15 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 23 |
| POP F | 257 |
| POP M | 245 |
| POP TOT | 502 |
| Total population | 502 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 168 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 163 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 331 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 174 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 328 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 94 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 14 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 9 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 71 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 64 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 29 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 45 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of occupied houses | 94 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 5 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 312 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 324 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 495 |
| Acres of hay crops | 214 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 812 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,136 |
| Acres of oats | 105 |
| Acres of potatoes | 18 |
| Acres of wheat | 4 |
| BAR AC | 3 |
| BAR BU | 30 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 176 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 75 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,410 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,215 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 55 |
| BWT BU | 176 |
| CRN BU | 75 |
| HAY AC | 214 |
| HAY TONS | 205 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 231 |
| Number of chickens | 1,035 |
| Number of ducks | 38 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 42 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 12 |
| Number of geese | 63 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 12 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 77 |
| Number of milk cows | 104 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 54 |
| Number of other cattle | 41 |
| Number of other fowl | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 38 |
| Number of sheep | 23 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 404 |
| Number of swine | 97 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 127 |
| Number of turkeys | 40 |
| OAT AC | 105 |
| OAT BU | 2,410 |
| PEA BU | 80 |
| POT AC | 18 |
| POT BU | 2,215 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 28 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 40 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,920 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 205 |
| WHT AC | 4 |
| WHT SP BU | 55 |
Other recorded variables (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 10 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 5 |
| BEN BU | 36 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,920 |
| CATTLE KS | 231 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 168 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 163 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 331 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 28 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 12 |
| DUCKS | 38 |
| FAMILIES | 94 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 40 |
| FRN CA | 174 |
| GEESE | 63 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,035 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 77 |
| HOUSES | 94 |
| HOUSES B | 14 |
| HOUSES CON | 7 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 13 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 19 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 64 |
| HOUSES S | 9 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 45 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 29 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 8 |
| HOUSES W | 71 |
| INF 11 A | 38 |
| MD FEM | 74 |
| MD MALE | 74 |
| MD TOT | 148 |
| MILK COWS | 104 |
| NAME CD | Argenteuil |
| OC F | 12 |
| OC P | 42 |
| OC TOT | 54 |
| OTHER FOWL | 1 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 41 |
| OTHERS | 328 |
| SHEEP | 23 |
| SHEEP KS | 404 |
| SUP AM | 812 |
| SUP FOR | 324 |
| SUP JV | 5 |
| SUP PAT | 312 |
| SUP SC | 495 |
| SUP TOT | 1,136 |
| SWINE | 97 |
| SWINE KS | 127 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 94 |
| TURKEY | 40 |
| WID FEM | 15 |
| WID MALE | 8 |
| WID TOT | 23 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC137006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037017 — 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). "Grenville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grenville-village-qc137006-1891/.