L’Assomption, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

L’Assomption, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,256. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141754. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.830°N, 73.420°W.

Population

In 1891, L’Assomption, Town—Ville had a population of 1,256: 573 male and 683 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’Assomption, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• L’Assomption

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,256 total population, 683 females, 573 males, 361 married persons, 246 families, 182 married males, 179 married females, 78 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 817 single persons under 18, 454 single females under 18, 363 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,251 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 191 houses, 191 occupied houses, 166 houses built of wood, 121 houses of 1 story, 83 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 61 houses of 2 stories, 29 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 8 houses built of stone, 8 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 13,060 pounds of homemade butter, 5,332 bushels of potatoes, 2,846 acres of land in farms, 1,996 acres of improved land in farms, 1,282 bushels of oats, 1,049 chickens, 1,042 acres of farmland under crops, 959 bushels of turnips, 850 acres of farmland in pasture, 850 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 441 bushels of corn, 332 bushels of peas, 312 bushels of barley, Capacity of silos (tons): 300, 262 bushels of buckwheat, 216 bushels of spring wheat, 190 farm occupants who own their land, 190 occupants of farms, 180 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 148 acres of hay crops, 136 tons of hay, 124 bushels of rye, 104 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 100 milk cows, 89 horses aged over 3 years, 79 bushels of beans, 70 swine, 51 acres of oats, 51 acres of potatoes, 47 swine slaughtered or sold, 34 other cattle, 30 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 28 sheep, 26 acres of wheat, 18 acres of barley, 10 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8 ducks, 7 geese, 6 cattle killed or sold, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 turkeys, 3 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 oxen, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC162003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC162003_1871 — 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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-assomption-town-ville-qc162003-1891/.