Masham, Quebec (1891 census)

Masham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,103. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.683°N, 76.039°W.

Population

In 1891, Masham had a population of 2,103: 1,088 male and 1,015 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, Masham shared boundaries with:

• Aldfield
• Eardley
• Low
• Onslow N
• Wakefield

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,103 total population, 1,088 males, 1,015 females, 593 married persons, 330 families, 297 married males, 296 married females, 71 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 6.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,439 single persons under 18, 772 single males under 18, 667 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,128 French Canadians, 975 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 323 occupied houses, 321 houses, 320 houses built of wood, 185 houses of 1 story, 135 houses of 2 stories, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 73 houses of 4 rooms, 71 houses of 2 rooms, 55 houses of 3 rooms, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 88,800 pounds of homemade butter, 75,374 bushels of oats, 43,650 acres of land in farms, 29,996 bushels of turnips, 23,570 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 23,466 bushels of potatoes, 20,080 acres of improved land in farms, 14,482 acres of farmland under crops, 11,996 bushels of peas, 10,432 chickens, 10,053 bushels of spring wheat, 7,473 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,514 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,258 tons of hay, 3,943 acres of hay crops, 3,865 acres of oats, 2,443 sheep, 2,230 bushels of buckwheat, 1,632 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,538 other cattle, 1,395 milk cows, 1,278 swine, 1,143 acres of wheat, 796 swine slaughtered or sold, 719 bushels of barley, 656 turkeys, 625 cattle killed or sold, 616 horses aged over 3 years, 605 bushels of corn, 472 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 309 occupants of farms, 307 acres of potatoes, 284 farm occupants who own their land, 250 geese, 245 horses aged 3 years and under, 234 bushels of rye, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 136 bushels of beans, 135 bushels of winter wheat, 104 ducks, 103 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 84 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 83 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 72 acres of turnips, 61 acres of barley, 48 other fowl, 46 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 45 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC176028 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC205015 — 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). "Masham, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/masham-qc176028-1891/.