Kamouraska, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Kamouraska, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1103923. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.567°N, 69.865°W.

Population

In 1891, Kamouraska, Village had a population of 600: 263 male and 337 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, Kamouraska, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Louis

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 600 total population, 337 females, 263 males, 179 married persons, 122 families, 90 married females, 89 married males, 44 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 377 single persons under 18, 215 single females under 18, 162 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 582 French Canadians, 18 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 115 houses, 115 occupied houses, 113 houses built of wood, 85 houses of 1 story, 60 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 2 stories, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,465 pounds of homemade butter, 4,080 bushels of potatoes, 2,877 bushels of oats, 1,879 acres of land in farms, 1,625 acres of improved land in farms, 826 acres of farmland under crops, 756 acres of farmland in pasture, 477 tons of hay, 427 bushels of spring wheat, 391 chickens, 369 acres of hay crops, 289 bushels of turnips, 281 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 254 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 185 bushels of barley, 175 acres of oats, 140 milk cows, 123 swine slaughtered or sold, 122 swine, 107 bushels of rye, 102 sheep, 66 acres of wheat, 64 horses aged over 3 years, 62 bushels of peas, 58 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 52 other cattle, 51 occupants of farms, 48 acres of potatoes, 46 sheep slaughtered or sold, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 42 farm occupants who own their land, 24 cattle killed or sold, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 acres of barley, 14 other fowl, 13 ducks, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 oxen, 5 acres of turnips, 5 geese, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of corn, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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: QC160001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC164017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1103923

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). "Kamouraska, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/kamouraska-village-qc160001-1891/.