Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 density was 1.0 people per square mile.
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:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 62 |
| Number of families | 62 |
| Number of females | 160 |
| Number of males | 181 |
| Number of married females | 57 |
| Number of married males | 57 |
| Number of married persons | 114 |
| Number of widowed females | 4 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 11 |
| POP F | 160 |
| POP M | 181 |
| POP TOT | 341 |
| Total population | 341 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 99 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 117 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 216 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 124 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 217 |
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses | 61 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 61 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 35 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 23 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 26 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 20 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 62 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (6 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland under crops | 3 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3 |
| Acres of land in farms | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 3 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 3 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 99 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 117 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 216 |
| FAMILIES | 62 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FRN CA | 124 |
| HOUSES | 61 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 35 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 20 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 23 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 26 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 39 |
| HOUSES W | 61 |
| INF 11 A | 3 |
| MD FEM | 57 |
| MD MALE | 57 |
| MD TOT | 114 |
| NAME CD | Chicoutimi and Saguenay |
| OC P | 3 |
| OC TOT | 3 |
| OTHERS | 217 |
| SUP AM | 3 |
| SUP SC | 3 |
| SUP TOT | 3 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 62 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 1 |
| WID FEM | 4 |
| WID MALE | 7 |
| WID TOT | 11 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149032 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149047 — 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/.