Les Eboulements, Quebec (1891 census)

Les Eboulements was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,608. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3236497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.506°N, 70.340°W.

Population

In 1891, Les Eboulements had a population of 2,608: 1,317 male and 1,291 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Les Eboulements, 1881 (90.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Les Eboulements shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• St. Hilarion
• St. Irénée

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,608 total population, 1,317 males, 1,291 females, 805 married persons, 403 married females, 402 married males, 366 families, 90 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 7.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,713 single persons under 18, 877 single males under 18, 836 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,593 French Canadians, 15 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 357 houses, 357 occupied houses, 346 houses built of wood, 335 houses of 1 story, 91 houses of 5 rooms, 78 houses of 3 rooms, 76 houses of 4 rooms, 65 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 1 room, 11 houses built of stone, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,842 acres of land in farms, 32,078 pounds of homemade butter, 25,318 bushels of potatoes, 22,391 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,451 acres of improved land in farms, 14,750 bushels of oats, 13,146 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,463 bushels of spring wheat, 7,087 acres of farmland under crops, 6,364 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,319 bushels of buckwheat, 3,095 bushels of peas, 2,550 acres of oats, 2,549 chickens, 2,522 sheep, 2,252 tons of hay, 2,112 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,998 acres of hay crops, 1,980 bushels of turnips, 1,900 acres of wheat, 1,513 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,171 bushels of barley, 754 milk cows, 751 swine slaughtered or sold, 655 other cattle, 535 geese, 523 swine, 399 cattle killed or sold, 357 oxen, 350 horses aged over 3 years, 325 bushels of rye, 286 occupants of farms, 285 farm occupants who own their land, 218 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 204 acres of potatoes, 104 acres of barley, 103 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 69 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 65 turkeys, 55 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 27 other fowl, 23 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 ducks, 17 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC147003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048003_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3236497
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89boulements
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_%C3%89boulements

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). "Les Eboulements, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/les-eboulements-qc147003-1891/.