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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q3116515. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 568 |
| 1891 | 502 |
| 1901 | 495 |
| 1911 | 1,383 |
| 1921 | 701 |
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 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 502 total population, 257 females, 245 males, 148 married persons, 94 families, 74 married females, 74 married males, 23 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 331 single persons under 18, 168 single females under 18, 163 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 328 persons who are not French Canadian, 174 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 94 houses, 94 occupied houses, 71 houses built of wood, 64 houses of 1 story, 45 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,920 pounds of homemade butter, 2,410 bushels of oats, 2,215 bushels of potatoes, 1,136 acres of land in farms, 1,035 chickens, 812 acres of improved land in farms, 495 acres of farmland under crops, 404 sheep slaughtered or sold, 324 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 312 acres of farmland in pasture, 231 cattle killed or sold, 214 acres of hay crops, 205 tons of hay, 176 bushels of buckwheat, 127 swine slaughtered or sold, 105 acres of oats, 104 milk cows, 97 swine, 80 bushels of peas, 77 horses aged over 3 years, 75 bushels of corn, 63 geese, 55 bushels of spring wheat, 54 occupants of farms, 42 farm occupants who own their land, 41 other cattle, 40 turkeys, 40 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 38 ducks, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 bushels of beans, 30 bushels of barley, 28 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 23 sheep, 18 acres of potatoes, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 acres of wheat, 3 acres of barley, 1 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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: Q3116515
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenville,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenville_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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/.