Longueuil, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

Longueuil, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,757. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139398. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.536°N, 73.504°W.

Population

In 1891, Longueuil, Town—Ville had a population of 2,757: 1,313 male and 1,444 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, Longueuil, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Longueuil

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,757 total population, 1,444 females, 1,313 males, 911 married persons, 512 families, 457 married males, 454 married females, 124 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,722 single persons under 18, 902 single females under 18, 820 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,411 French Canadians, 346 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 499 houses, 499 occupied houses, 350 houses built of wood, 257 houses of 2 stories, 226 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 225 houses of 1 story, 125 houses built of brick, 79 houses of 4 rooms, 70 houses of 5 rooms, 53 houses of 3 rooms, 35 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of stone, 18 houses of over 15 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,802 pounds of homemade butter, 2,146 chickens, 1,352 bushels of potatoes, 1,050 bushels of oats, 389 acres of land in farms, 357 acres of improved land in farms, 284 occupants of farms, 278 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 186 acres of farmland under crops, 146 farm occupants who own their land, 136 farm occupants who rent their land, 110 horses aged over 3 years, 109 tons of hay, 104 milk cows, 100 bushels of barley, 98 acres of hay crops, 93 bushels of corn, 92 acres of farmland in pasture, 79 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 68 acres of oats, 58 ducks, 56 swine slaughtered or sold, 40 swine, 40 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 35 other fowl, 34 bushels of turnips, 32 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15 bushels of peas, 14 acres of potatoes, 10 sheep, 9 bushels of beans, 8 acres of barley, 6 turkeys, 4 geese, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 employees on farms, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 oxen, 1 other cattle, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC145007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC145007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139398
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longueuil

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). "Longueuil, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/longueuil-town-ville-qc145007-1891/.