Hâvre aux Maisons, Quebec (1891 census)

Hâvre aux Maisons was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28029338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.431°N, 61.771°W.

Population

In 1891, Hâvre aux Maisons had a population of 1,152: 595 male and 557 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Alright Islands, 1901 (27.6% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Hâvre aux Maisons, 1901 (72.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Hâvre aux Maisons shared boundaries with:

• Grosse Ile, Isle Bryon & Bird Rocks

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,152 total population, 595 males, 557 females, 349 married persons, 176 married males, 173 married females, 161 families, 37 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 8 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 766 single persons under 18, 411 single males under 18, 355 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,127 French Canadians, 25 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 161 houses, 161 houses built of wood, 161 occupied houses, 152 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,536 bushels of potatoes, 10,200 pounds of homemade butter, 3,920 bushels of turnips, 3,508 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,167 acres of land in farms, 2,071 acres of improved land in farms, 1,830 bushels of oats, 1,668 chickens, 1,420 sheep, 1,308 acres of farmland under crops, 779 acres of hay crops, 766 tons of hay, 717 acres of farmland in pasture, 380 swine, 320 bushels of barley, 235 acres of potatoes, 234 other cattle, 226 milk cows, 209 sheep slaughtered or sold, 170 occupants of farms, 163 farm occupants who own their land, 159 swine slaughtered or sold, 145 bushels of beans, 135 horses aged over 3 years, 110 geese, 96 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 88 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 79 acres of turnips, 64 cattle killed or sold, 60 acres of oats, 48 ducks, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 other fowl, 20 turkeys, 12 acres of barley, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 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: QC154013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28029338
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havre-aux-Maisons
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havre-aux-Maisons

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). "Hâvre aux Maisons, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/h-vre-aux-maisons-qc154013-1891/.