Maisonneuve, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
Maisonneuve, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,226. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3280323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.556°N, 73.547°W.
Population
In 1891, Maisonneuve, Town—Ville had a population of 1,226: 605 male and 621 female residents.
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 Hochelaga, Village, 1881 (47.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Maisonneuve, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 60 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,226 total population, 621 females, 605 males, 472 married persons, 261 families, 236 married females, 236 married males, 31 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 723 single persons under 18, 367 single females under 18, 356 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 928 French Canadians, 298 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 239 houses, 239 occupied houses, 212 houses built of brick, 157 houses of 1 story, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 67 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 62 houses of 2 stories, 36 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses built of wood, 20 houses of 3 stories, 13 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,300 bushels of oats, 700 bushels of barley, 490 chickens, 482 acres of land in farms, 407 acres of improved land in farms, 400 swine slaughtered or sold, 300 sheep slaughtered or sold, 225 acres of farmland in pasture, 178 acres of farmland under crops, 120 cattle killed or sold, 110 horses aged over 3 years, 104 tons of hay, 92 milk cows, 75 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 60 acres of hay crops, 46 acres of oats, 36 ducks, 35 acres of barley, 28 other fowl, 23 swine, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 farm occupants who own their land, 3 occupants of farms, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC155009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC155009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3280323
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). "Maisonneuve, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/maisonneuve-town-ville-qc155009-1891/.