Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Moisie, Quebec (1891 census)
Moisie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 269. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.291°N, 65.427°W.
Population
In 1891, Moisie had a population of 269: 149 male and 120 female residents. Population density was 1.1 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, Moisie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 102 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6.70 |
| FAM NO | 40 |
| Number of families | 40 |
| Number of females | 120 |
| Number of males | 149 |
| Number of married females | 41 |
| Number of married males | 42 |
| Number of married persons | 83 |
| Number of widowed females | 3 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 8 |
| POP F | 120 |
| POP M | 149 |
| POP TOT | 269 |
| Total population | 269 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 76 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 102 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 178 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 259 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 10 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 40 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 40 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 7 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 40 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 40 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 4 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 16 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 20 |
| Acres of land in farms | 20 |
| Acres of potatoes | 15 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,284 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 13 |
| Number of chickens | 121 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 36 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 7 |
| Number of milk cows | 24 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 39 |
| Number of other cattle | 2 |
| Number of oxen | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 39 |
| Number of sheep | 9 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 8 |
| Number of swine | 11 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 6 |
| POT AC | 15 |
| POT BU | 1,284 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 8 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 685 |
Other recorded variables (46 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BUTTER LB | 685 |
| CATTLE KS | 13 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 76 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 102 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 178 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 8 |
| FAMILIES | 40 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.70 |
| FRN CA | 259 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 121 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 7 |
| HOUSES | 40 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 40 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 9 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 8 |
| HOUSES W | 40 |
| INF 11 A | 39 |
| MD FEM | 41 |
| MD MALE | 42 |
| MD TOT | 83 |
| MILK COWS | 24 |
| NAME CD | Chicoutimi and Saguenay |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 36 |
| OC TOT | 39 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 2 |
| OTHERS | 10 |
| SHEEP | 9 |
| SHEEP KS | 8 |
| SUP AM | 20 |
| SUP PAT | 4 |
| SUP SC | 16 |
| SUP TOT | 20 |
| SWINE | 11 |
| SWINE KS | 6 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 40 |
| WID FEM | 3 |
| WID MALE | 5 |
| WID TOT | 8 |
| WORKING OX | 9 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149034 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149048 — 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). "Moisie, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/moisie-qc149034-1891/.