Ireland N, Quebec (1891 census)

Ireland N was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,199. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.123°N, 71.409°W.

Population

In 1891, Ireland N had a population of 1,199: 642 male and 557 female residents.

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Ireland, Coleraine, 1881 (29.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Ireland N shared boundaries with:

• Halifax S
• Inverness
• Ireland S & Coleraine
• Leeds
• Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine
• Thetford S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,199 total population, 642 males, 557 females, 391 married persons, 199 families, 196 married males, 195 married females, 24 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 784 single persons under 18, 432 single males under 18, 352 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 959 French Canadians, 240 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 183 occupied houses, 177 houses, 177 houses built of wood, 120 houses of 1 story, 79 houses of 2 rooms, 56 houses of 2 stories, 39 houses of 1 room, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 4 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 30,595 pounds of homemade butter, 20,029 acres of land in farms, 12,903 bushels of potatoes, 11,997 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,032 acres of improved land in farms, 7,135 bushels of oats, 5,117 acres of farmland under crops, 3,727 bushels of buckwheat, 3,466 acres of hay crops, 3,383 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,893 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,796 tons of hay, 2,294 bushels of barley, 1,726 bushels of turnips, 1,722 chickens, 791 sheep, 545 other cattle, 512 sheep slaughtered or sold, 499 milk cows, 484 acres of oats, 483 bushels of spring wheat, 316 cattle killed or sold, 253 swine slaughtered or sold, 191 horses aged over 3 years, 191 occupants of farms, 184 farm occupants who own their land, 169 acres of barley, 143 oxen, 138 swine, 123 acres of potatoes, 94 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 90 horses aged 3 years and under, 80 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 54 acres of wheat, 48 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 41 bushels of peas, 34 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 31 ducks, 26 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 geese, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 bushels of beans, 9 turkeys, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 bushels of corn, 3 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of winter wheat, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC168004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC168004_1891_1891 — 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). "Ireland N, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ireland-n-qc168004-1891/.