Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
L’Assomption, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
L’Assomption, Town—Ville was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,256. 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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6.10 |
| FAM NO | 246 |
| Number of families | 246 |
| Number of females | 683 |
| Number of males | 573 |
| Number of married females | 179 |
| Number of married males | 182 |
| Number of married persons | 361 |
| Number of widowed females | 50 |
| Number of widowed males | 28 |
| Number of widowed persons | 78 |
| POP F | 683 |
| POP M | 573 |
| POP TOT | 1,256 |
| Total population | 1,256 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 454 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 363 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 817 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,251 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 5 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 191 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 16 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 8 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 166 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 121 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 29 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 61 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 8 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 83 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 191 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 18 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 104 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 850 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 850 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,042 |
| Acres of hay crops | 148 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,996 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,846 |
| Acres of oats | 51 |
| Acres of potatoes | 51 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 26 |
| BAR AC | 18 |
| BAR BU | 312 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 312 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 79 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 262 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 441 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,282 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 332 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,332 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 124 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 216 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 959 |
| BWT BU | 262 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 300 |
| CRN BU | 441 |
| HAY AC | 148 |
| HAY TONS | 136 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 6 |
| Number of chickens | 1,049 |
| Number of ducks | 8 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 190 |
| Number of geese | 7 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 2 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 89 |
| Number of milk cows | 100 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 190 |
| Number of other cattle | 34 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 180 |
| Number of sheep | 28 |
| Number of swine | 70 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 47 |
| Number of turkeys | 4 |
| OAT AC | 51 |
| OAT BU | 1,282 |
| PEA BU | 332 |
| POT AC | 51 |
| POT BU | 5,332 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 10 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 30 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 13,060 |
| RYE BU | 124 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 136 |
| WHT AC | 26 |
| WHT SP BU | 216 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 201 PL | 5 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BEN BU | 79 |
| BUTTER LB | 13,060 |
| CATTLE KS | 6 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 454 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 363 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 817 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 10 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 2 |
| DUCKS | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 246 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 30 |
| FRN CA | 1,251 |
| GEESE | 7 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,049 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 89 |
| HOUSES | 191 |
| HOUSES B | 16 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 29 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 18 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 14 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 121 |
| HOUSES S | 8 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 83 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 16 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 8 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 61 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 14 |
| HOUSES W | 166 |
| INF 11 A | 180 |
| MD FEM | 179 |
| MD MALE | 182 |
| MD TOT | 361 |
| MILK COWS | 100 |
| NAME CD | L'Assomption |
| OC P | 190 |
| OC TOT | 190 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 34 |
| OTHERS | 5 |
| SHEEP | 28 |
| SILOS | 300 |
| SUP AM | 1,996 |
| SUP FOR | 850 |
| SUP JV | 104 |
| SUP PAT | 850 |
| SUP SC | 1,042 |
| SUP TOT | 2,846 |
| SWINE | 70 |
| SWINE KS | 47 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 191 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 959 |
| TURKEY | 4 |
| WID FEM | 50 |
| WID MALE | 28 |
| WID TOT | 78 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
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: 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’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/.