Joliette, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

Joliette, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,372. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141760. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.024°N, 73.441°W.

Population

In 1891, Joliette, Town—Ville had a population of 3,372: 1,673 male and 1,699 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Joliette, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Charles Borromée
• St. Paul

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,372 total population, 1,699 females, 1,673 males, 1,163 married persons, 771 families, 583 married females, 580 married males, 194 widowed persons, 139 widowed females, 55 widowed males, 4.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,015 single persons under 18, 1,038 single males under 18, 977 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,331 French Canadians, 41 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 771 houses, 771 occupied houses, 547 houses built of wood, 429 houses of 1 story, 290 houses of 2 stories, 223 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 206 houses built of brick, 160 houses of 4 rooms, 118 houses of 3 rooms, 109 houses of 5 rooms, 84 houses of 2 rooms, 46 houses of 3 stories, 38 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of over 15 rooms, 18 houses built of stone, 14 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 25,417 pounds of homemade butter, 14,510 acres of land in farms, 8,541 bushels of potatoes, 8,284 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,132 bushels of oats, 6,226 acres of improved land in farms, 3,532 acres of farmland under crops, 2,567 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,489 chickens, 1,796 bushels of turnips, 1,394 bushels of buckwheat, 1,191 tons of hay, 944 acres of hay crops, 915 bushels of peas, 673 bushels of corn, 577 acres of oats, 561 bushels of barley, 471 bushels of spring wheat, 367 milk cows, 356 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 305 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 281 horses aged over 3 years, 202 swine, 186 swine slaughtered or sold, 185 occupants of farms, 176 bushels of beans, 170 sheep, 167 farm occupants who own their land, 127 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 107 other fowl, 95 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 88 bushels of rye, 71 acres of potatoes, 47 acres of barley, 47 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 other cattle, 39 acres of wheat, 31 turkeys, 26 cattle killed or sold, 23 ducks, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 16 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 sheep slaughtered or sold, 11 acres of turnips, 10 oxen, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 geese, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC159001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC158001_1871 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141760
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliette
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joliette_(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). "Joliette, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/joliette-town-ville-qc159001-1891/.