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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

Hereford & Paquetteville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Hereford & Paquetteville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,814. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.092°N, 71.568°W.

Population

In 1891, Hereford & Paquetteville, Village had a population of 1,814: 1,005 male and 809 female residents. Population density was 17.2 people per square mile.

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Hereford & Paquetteville, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.40
FAM NO337
Number of families337
Number of females809
Number of males1,005
Number of married females317
Number of married males318
Number of married persons635
Number of widowed females30
Number of widowed males23
Number of widowed persons53
POP F809
POP M1,005
POP TOT1,814
Total population1,814
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18462
Number of single males under 18664
Number of single persons under 181,126
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians1,294
Number of persons who are not French Canadian520
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses299
Number of houses built of wood299
Number of houses of 1 room2
Number of houses of 1 story197
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms11
Number of houses of 2 rooms42
Number of houses of 2 stories102
Number of houses of 3 rooms49
Number of houses of 4 rooms52
Number of houses of 5 rooms34
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms104
Number of houses of over 15 rooms5
Number of houses under construction5
Number of occupied houses299
Number of uninhabited houses36
Agriculture (64 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley179
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards69
Acres of farmland in pasture6,332
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest25,035
Acres of farmland under crops10,084
Acres of hay crops6,526
Acres of improved land in farms16,485
Acres of land in farms41,520
Acres of oats994
Acres of potatoes189
Acres of turnips14
Acres of wheat14
BAR AC179
BAR BU4,056
Bushels of barley produced in the past year4,056
Bushels of beans produced in the past year25
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year9,063
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year42
Bushels of corn produced in the past year56
Bushels of oats produced in the past year24,390
Bushels of peas produced in the past year174
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year27,975
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year111
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year2,976
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year144
BWT BU9,063
CRN BU56
HAY AC6,526
HAY TONS5,894
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year641
Number of chickens3,435
Number of ducks132
Number of farm occupants who own their land292
Number of farm occupants who rent their land23
Number of geese216
Number of horses aged 3 years and under293
Number of horses aged over 3 years563
Number of milk cows875
Number of occupants of farms315
Number of other cattle1,112
Number of oxen152
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres83
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres52
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres99
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres54
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres27
Number of sheep1,688
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold1,242
Number of swine430
Number of swine slaughtered or sold508
Number of turkeys18
OAT AC994
OAT BU24,390
PEA BU174
POT AC189
POT BU27,975
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year640
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year6,840
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year858
Pounds of homemade butter55,738
Tons of hay produced in the past year5,894
WHT AC14
WHT FALL BU144
WHT SP BU111
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20083
A 11 5052
A 201 PL54
A 51 10099
BEN BU25
BUTTER LB55,738
CATTLE KS641
CHEESE LB640
CHILD AND UNMD FEM462
CHILD AND UNMD MALE664
CHILD AND UNMD TOT1,126
COARSE WOOL LB6,840
COLTS FILLIES293
DUCKS132
FAMILIES337
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.40
FINE WOOL LB858
FRN CA1,294
GEESE216
GRA BU42
HENS AND CHKN3,435
HORSES OVR THREE563
HOUSES299
HOUSES CON5
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM11
HOUSES FIVE RM34
HOUSES FOUR RM52
HOUSES ONE RM2
HOUSES ONE STRY197
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM104
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM5
HOUSES THREE RM49
HOUSES TWO RM42
HOUSES TWO STRY102
HOUSES UNINH36
HOUSES W299
INF 11 A27
MD FEM317
MD MALE318
MD TOT635
MILK COWS875
NAME CDCompton
OC F23
OC P292
OC TOT315
OTHER HRN CATTLE1,112
OTHERS520
SHEEP1,688
SHEEP KS1,242
SUP AM16,485
SUP FOR25,035
SUP JV69
SUP PAT6,332
SUP SC10,084
SUP TOT41,520
SWINE430
SWINE KS508
TOT DWLG OCC299
TUR AC14
TUR BU2,976
TURKEY18
WID FEM30
WID MALE23
WID TOT53
WORKING OX152

Identifiers

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). "Hereford & Paquetteville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hereford-paquetteville-village-qc150010-1891/.