Mille Isles, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Mille Isles (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Mille Isles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 519. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.819°N, 74.208°W.

Population

In 1891, Mille Isles had a population of 519: 265 male and 254 female residents. Population density was 20.7 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	579
1881	567
1891	519
1901	451
1911	399
1921	301

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, Mille Isles shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.30
FAM NO	83
Number of families	83
Number of females	254
Number of males	265
Number of married females	72
Number of married males	72
Number of married persons	144
Number of widowed females	11
Number of widowed males	7
Number of widowed persons	18
POP F	254
POP M	265
POP TOT	519
Total population	519

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	171
Number of single males under 18	186
Number of single persons under 18	357

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	12
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	507

Buildings & housing (11 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	83
Number of houses built of wood	83
Number of houses of 1 room	3
Number of houses of 1 story	83
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	17
Number of houses of 3 rooms	24
Number of houses of 4 rooms	18
Number of houses of 5 rooms	10
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	10
Number of occupied houses	83

Agriculture (48 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	8
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,142
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	8,379
Acres of farmland under crops	4,929
Acres of hay crops	2,038
Acres of improved land in farms	7,079
Acres of land in farms	15,458
Acres of oats	854
Acres of potatoes	108
Acres of turnips	2
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	3,081
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	9,232
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	33
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	9,940
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	245
BWT BU	3,081
HAY AC	2,038
HAY TONS	1,436
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	125
Number of chickens	1,443
Number of ducks	7
Number of farm occupants who own their land	87
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	55
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	90
Number of horses aged over 3 years	152
Number of milk cows	565
Number of occupants of farms	88
Number of other cattle	268
Number of other fowl	19
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	49
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	14
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	16
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	8
Number of sheep	679
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	413
Number of swine	105
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	327
Number of turkeys	82
OAT AC	854
OAT BU	9,232
PEA BU	33
POT AC	108
POT BU	9,940
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	2,702
Pounds of homemade butter	50,650
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,436

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	49
A 11 50	1
A 201 PL	16
A 51 100	14
BUTTER LB	50,650
CATTLE KS	125
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	171
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	186
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	357
COARSE WOOL LB	2,702
COLTS FILLIES	90
DUCKS	7
FAMILIES	83
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.30
FRN CA	12
GEESE	55
HENS AND CHKN	1,443
HORSES OVR THREE	152
HOUSES	83
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	10
HOUSES FOUR RM	18
HOUSES ONE RM	3
HOUSES ONE STRY	83
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	10
HOUSES THREE RM	24
HOUSES TWO RM	17
HOUSES W	83
INF 11 A	8
MD FEM	72
MD MALE	72
MD TOT	144
MILK COWS	565
NAME CD	Argenteuil
OC F	1
OC P	87
OC TOT	88
OTHER FOWL	19
OTHER HRN CATTLE	268
OTHERS	507
SHEEP	679
SHEEP KS	413
SUP AM	7,079
SUP FOR	8,379
SUP JV	8
SUP PAT	2,142
SUP SC	4,929
SUP TOT	15,458
SWINE	105
SWINE KS	327
TOT DWLG OCC	83
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	245
TURKEY	82
WID FEM	11
WID MALE	7
WID TOT	18

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC137010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037008 — 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). "Mille Isles, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/mille-isles-qc137010-1891/.