Mile End, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Mile End, Village (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Mile End, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,537. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.527°N, 73.603°W.

Population

In 1891, Mile End, Village had a population of 3,537: 1,787 male and 1,750 female residents. Population density was 3231.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,537
1891	3,537

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, Mile End, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 138 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	4.50
FAM NO	778
Number of families	778
Number of females	1,750
Number of males	1,787
Number of married females	722
Number of married males	724
Number of married persons	1,446
Number of widowed females	79
Number of widowed males	28
Number of widowed persons	107
POP F	1,750
POP M	1,787
POP TOT	3,537
Total population	3,537

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	949
Number of single males under 18	1,035
Number of single persons under 18	1,984

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	3,297
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	240

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	559
Number of houses built of brick	228
Number of houses built of stone	14
Number of houses built of wood	317
Number of houses of 1 story	152
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	34
Number of houses of 2 rooms	41
Number of houses of 2 stories	376
Number of houses of 3 rooms	73
Number of houses of 3 stories	31
Number of houses of 4 rooms	163
Number of houses of 5 rooms	56
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	165
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	27
Number of houses under construction	70
Number of occupied houses	559
Number of uninhabited houses	40

Agriculture (47 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	15
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	15
Acres of farmland in pasture	361
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	1,109
Acres of farmland under crops	492
Acres of hay crops	266
Acres of improved land in farms	868
Acres of land in farms	1,977
Acres of oats	156
Acres of potatoes	86
Acres of turnips	18
Acres of wheat	125
BAR AC	15
BAR BU	200
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	200
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	6
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,255
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	60
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	4,483
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	900
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,867
BWT BU	6
HAY AC	266
HAY TONS	296
Number of chickens	310
Number of ducks	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	13
Number of geese	6
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	1
Number of horses aged over 3 years	124
Number of milk cows	161
Number of occupants of farms	13
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	4
Number of swine	14
Number of turkeys	6
OAT AC	156
OAT BU	2,255
PEA BU	60
POT AC	86
POT BU	4,483
Pounds of homemade butter	1,600
Tons of hay produced in the past year	296
WHT AC	125
WHT SP BU	900

Other recorded variables (54 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	3
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	4
BUTTER LB	1,600
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	949
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	1,035
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,984
COLTS FILLIES	1
DUCKS	2
FAMILIES	778
FAMILIES AV SIZE	4.50
FRN CA	3,297
GEESE	6
HENS AND CHKN	310
HORSES OVR THREE	124
HOUSES	559
HOUSES B	228
HOUSES CON	70
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	34
HOUSES FIVE RM	56
HOUSES FOUR RM	163
HOUSES ONE STRY	152
HOUSES S	14
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	165
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	27
HOUSES THREE RM	73
HOUSES THREE STRY	31
HOUSES TWO RM	41
HOUSES TWO STRY	376
HOUSES UNINH	40
HOUSES W	317
INF 11 A	4
MD FEM	722
MD MALE	724
MD TOT	1,446
MILK COWS	161
NAME CD	Hochelaga
OC P	13
OC TOT	13
OTHERS	240
SUP AM	868
SUP FOR	1,109
SUP JV	15
SUP PAT	361
SUP SC	492
SUP TOT	1,977
SWINE	14
TOT DWLG OCC	559
TUR AC	18
TUR BU	1,867
TURKEY	6
WID FEM	79
WID MALE	28
WID TOT	107

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC155010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC155010 — 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). "Mile End, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/mile-end-village-qc155010-1891/.