L’Anse du Cap, Quebec (1891 census)

L’Anse du Cap was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.459°N, 64.407°W.

Population

In 1891, L’Anse du Cap had a population of 1,497: 779 male and 718 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, L’Anse du Cap shared boundaries with:

• Grande Rivière
• NO DATA
• Percé

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,497 total population, 779 males, 718 females, 433 married persons, 217 married males, 216 married females, 213 families, 51 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 7 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,013 single persons under 18, 545 single males under 18, 468 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,146 French Canadians, 351 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 212 houses, 212 houses built of wood, 212 occupied houses, 181 houses of 1 story, 80 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 houses of 2 rooms, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 2 stories, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,853 bushels of potatoes, 17,135 pounds of homemade butter, 16,392 bushels of turnips, 13,458 acres of land in farms, 11,695 bushels of oats, 10,615 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,236 chickens, 3,094 bushels of barley, 2,843 acres of improved land in farms, 2,528 acres of farmland under crops, 2,326 tons of hay, 2,208 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,117 sheep, 1,101 acres of hay crops, 833 swine, 726 geese, 719 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 483 swine slaughtered or sold, 413 ducks, 328 sheep slaughtered or sold, 319 acres of oats, 292 acres of farmland in pasture, 275 milk cows, 257 other cattle, 230 occupants of farms, 226 farm occupants who own their land, 186 turkeys, 161 oxen, 156 acres of potatoes, 138 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 131 horses aged over 3 years, 100 acres of turnips, 79 acres of barley, 53 cattle killed or sold, 46 horses aged 3 years and under, 34 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 28 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of buckwheat, 26 other fowl, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 bushels of peas, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC154016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056002 — 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). "L’Anse du Cap, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-anse-du-cap-qc154016-1891/.