Manicouagan, Quebec (1891 census)

Manicouagan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 128. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.123°N, 68.312°W.

Population

In 1891, Manicouagan had a population of 128: 68 male and 60 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, Manicouagan shared boundaries with:

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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 59 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 128 total population, 68 males, 60 females, 40 married persons, 24 families, 20 married females, 20 married males, 5.30 average size of families, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 87 single persons under 18, 48 single males under 18, 39 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 117 French Canadians, 11 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 22 occupied houses, 20 houses, 20 houses built of wood, 17 houses of 1 story, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 4 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,711 bushels of potatoes, 2,035 pounds of homemade butter, 278 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 166 sheep, 144 acres of land in farms, 102 acres of improved land in farms, 100 chickens, 98 bushels of oats, 66 acres of farmland under crops, 58 milk cows, 50 acres of potatoes, 42 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 36 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 34 acres of farmland in pasture, 22 occupants of farms, 20 bushels of peas, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 15 farm occupants who own their land, 14 swine, 13 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 horses aged over 3 years, 10 oxen, 9 acres of oats, 7 acres of hay crops, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 tons of hay, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 cattle killed or sold, 2 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 swine slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC149031 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC149046 — 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). "Manicouagan, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/manicouagan-qc149031-1891/.