Mécatina, Quebec (1891 census)

Mécatina was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 341. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.756°N, 59.272°W.

Population

In 1891, Mécatina had a population of 341: 181 male and 160 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, Mécatina shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 341 total population, 181 males, 160 females, 114 married persons, 62 families, 57 married females, 57 married males, 11 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 216 single persons under 18, 117 single males under 18, 99 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 217 persons who are not French Canadian, 124 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 62 occupied houses, 61 houses, 61 houses built of wood, 39 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 1 story, 26 houses of 2 stories, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3 acres of farmland under crops, 3 acres of improved land in farms, 3 acres of land in farms, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 3 occupants of farms, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC149032 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC149032 — 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). "Mécatina, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/m-catina-qc149032-1891/.