Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 density was 2.0 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, Manicouagan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 121 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 24 |
| Number of families | 24 |
| Number of females | 60 |
| Number of males | 68 |
| Number of married females | 20 |
| Number of married males | 20 |
| Number of married persons | 40 |
| Number of widowed females | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 1 |
| POP F | 60 |
| POP M | 68 |
| POP TOT | 128 |
| Total population | 128 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 39 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 48 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 87 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 117 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 11 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses | 20 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 20 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 17 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 7 |
| Number of occupied houses | 22 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (39 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 2 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 34 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 42 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 66 |
| Acres of hay crops | 7 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 102 |
| Acres of land in farms | 144 |
| Acres of oats | 9 |
| Acres of potatoes | 50 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 98 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,711 |
| HAY AC | 7 |
| HAY TONS | 5 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2 |
| Number of chickens | 100 |
| Number of employees on farms | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 15 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 5 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 12 |
| Number of milk cows | 58 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 22 |
| Number of oxen | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 20 |
| Number of sheep | 166 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 13 |
| Number of swine | 14 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 1 |
| OAT AC | 9 |
| OAT BU | 98 |
| PEA BU | 20 |
| POT AC | 50 |
| POT BU | 2,711 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 36 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 278 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,035 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 5 |
Other recorded variables (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 2,035 |
| CATTLE KS | 2 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 39 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 48 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 87 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 36 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 24 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 278 |
| FRN CA | 117 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 100 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 12 |
| HOUSES | 20 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 17 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 20 |
| INF 11 A | 20 |
| MD FEM | 20 |
| MD MALE | 20 |
| MD TOT | 40 |
| MILK COWS | 58 |
| NAME CD | Chicoutimi and Saguenay |
| OC E | 2 |
| OC F | 5 |
| OC P | 15 |
| OC TOT | 22 |
| OTHERS | 11 |
| SHEEP | 166 |
| SHEEP KS | 13 |
| SUP AM | 102 |
| SUP FOR | 42 |
| SUP JV | 2 |
| SUP PAT | 34 |
| SUP SC | 66 |
| SUP TOT | 144 |
| SWINE | 14 |
| SWINE KS | 1 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 22 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 2 |
| WID FEM | 1 |
| WID MALE | 0 |
| WID TOT | 1 |
| WORKING OX | 10 |
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/.