L’Assomption, Quebec (1891 census)
L’Assomption was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,275. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.858°N, 73.427°W.
Population
In 1891, L’Assomption had a population of 1,275: 639 male and 636 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,031 |
| 1871 | 1,599 |
| 1881 | 1,500 |
| 1891 | 1,275 |
| 1901 | 1,148 |
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’Assomption shared boundaries with:
- L'Epiphanie
- Lavaltrie
- L’Assomption, Town—Ville
- Repentigny
- St. Paul
- St. Paul l'Ermite
- St. Sulpice
- Ste. Marie-Salomé
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 1,275 total population, 639 males, 636 females, 391 married persons, 275 families, 196 married males, 195 married females, 54 widowed persons, 30 widowed males, 24 widowed females, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 830 single persons under 18, 417 single females under 18, 413 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,268 French Canadians, 7 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 257 houses, 257 occupied houses, 215 houses of 2 stories, 202 houses built of wood, 79 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 68 houses of 4 rooms, 44 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 1 story, 36 houses built of stone, 35 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses built of brick, 18 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 134,990 pounds of homemade butter, 52,326 bushels of oats, 34,889 bushels of potatoes, 27,984 acres of land in farms, 21,959 acres of improved land in farms, 13,647 acres of farmland under crops, 8,248 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,025 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,994 bushels of turnips, 5,798 acres of oats, 5,411 bushels of peas, 5,223 chickens, 4,726 tons of hay, 4,422 bushels of buckwheat, 3,818 acres of hay crops, 2,702 bushels of spring wheat, 2,141 bushels of barley, 1,987 bushels of corn, 1,617 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,525 sheep, 1,459 milk cows, 1,401 bushels of rye, 1,056 swine slaughtered or sold, 909 other cattle, 891 sheep slaughtered or sold, 785 bushels of beans, 770 swine, 594 horses aged over 3 years, 457 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 438 cattle killed or sold, 381 acres of potatoes, 350 acres of wheat, 279 turkeys, 258 occupants of farms, 240 horses aged 3 years and under, 216 geese, 204 farm occupants who own their land, 131 acres of barley, 90 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 82 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 ducks, 54 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 49 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 15 other fowl, 14 acres of turnips, 3 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Horace Archambeault | 1857–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC162002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141754
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assomption
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Assomption
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’Assomption, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-assomption-qc162002-1891/.