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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q28230477

Kensington, Quebec (1891 census)

Kensington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 281. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28230477. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.371°N, 75.831°W.

Population

In 1891, Kensington had a population of 281: 156 male and 125 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1861211
1871835
1881229
1891281
1901531
1911562

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, Kensington shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 281 total population, 156 males, 125 females, 92 married persons, 47 married males, 45 married females, 42 families, 10 widowed persons, 6.70 average size of families, 5 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 179 single persons under 18, 104 single males under 18, 75 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 164 French Canadians, 117 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 42 occupied houses, 35 houses, 35 houses built of wood, 35 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 6 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 4 rooms, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,848 acres of land in farms, 6,770 pounds of homemade butter, 6,186 bushels of oats, 5,944 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,280 bushels of potatoes, 1,904 acres of improved land in farms, 1,442 acres of farmland under crops, 757 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 724 chickens, 696 bushels of peas, 573 bushels of spring wheat, 506 acres of hay crops, 456 acres of farmland in pasture, 431 acres of oats, 431 tons of hay, 416 bushels of buckwheat, 313 sheep, 275 bushels of turnips, 154 bushels of barley, 114 milk cows, 111 swine, 105 other cattle, 90 swine slaughtered or sold, 85 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 76 sheep slaughtered or sold, 75 bushels of corn, 74 acres of wheat, 60 horses aged over 3 years, 39 occupants of farms, 37 farm occupants who own their land, 33 acres of potatoes, 29 cattle killed or sold, 23 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 turkeys, 17 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 bushels of rye, 13 geese, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 11 acres of barley, 11 ducks, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of beans, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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). "Kensington, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/kensington-qc176020-1891/.