Hull, Quebec (1891 census)
Hull was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,325. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2995979. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.516°N, 75.820°W.
Population
In 1891, Hull had a population of 4,325: 2,200 male and 2,125 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Hull shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 89 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,325 total population, 2,200 males, 2,125 females, 1,343 married persons, 760 families, 672 married females, 671 married males, 118 widowed persons, 85 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,864 single persons under 18, 1,496 single males under 18, 1,368 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,118 persons who are not French Canadian, 1,207 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 744 occupied houses, 742 houses, 708 houses built of wood, 492 houses of 1 story, 258 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 243 houses of 2 stories, 175 houses of 4 rooms, 96 houses of 3 rooms, 95 houses of 5 rooms, 82 uninhabited houses, 68 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses built of brick, 17 houses built of stone, 10 houses under construction, 9 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 7 houses of 3 stories, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 167,525 pounds of homemade butter, 107,445 bushels of oats, 73,456 bushels of potatoes, 59,356 acres of land in farms, 32,508 acres of improved land in farms, 31,757 bushels of turnips, 26,848 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 21,973 acres of farmland under crops, 14,115 chickens, 13,627 bushels of peas, 10,773 tons of hay, 10,711 bushels of spring wheat, 10,086 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,260 acres of hay crops, 5,717 bushels of corn, 4,891 acres of oats, 4,674 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,545 bushels of barley, 3,400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,457 bushels of buckwheat, 2,326 milk cows, 2,265 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,140 sheep, 2,099 other cattle, 1,765 swine, Capacity of silos (tons): 1,636, 1,539 bushels of beans, 1,487 horses aged over 3 years, 1,156 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,081 bushels of rye, 981 acres of wheat, 948 cattle killed or sold, 890 sheep slaughtered or sold, 847 acres of potatoes, 626 turkeys, 540 horses aged 3 years and under, 524 occupants of farms, 482 ducks, 467 geese, 449 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 436 farm occupants who own their land, 233 acres of barley, 156 other fowl, 142 acres of turnips, 142 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 142 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 125 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 76 farm occupants who rent their land, 62 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of winter wheat, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 employees on farms, 4 oxen. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alonzo Wright | 1821–1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC176019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2995979
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_(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). "Hull, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hull-qc176019-1891/.