Montebello, VL, Quebec (1891 census)

Montebello, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 754. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q1945995. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.657°N, 74.945°W.

Population

In 1891, Montebello, VL had a population of 754: 376 male and 378 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, Montebello, VL shared boundaries with:

• Notre-Dame de Bon Secours
• Ste. Angélique

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 754 total population, 378 females, 376 males, 245 married persons, 134 families, 123 married males, 122 married females, 22 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 487 single persons under 18, 244 single males under 18, 243 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 725 French Canadians, 29 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 119 houses, 119 occupied houses, 111 houses built of wood, 98 houses of 1 story, 48 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses built of brick, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,921 acres of land in farms, 3,038 pounds of homemade butter, 3,023 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,792 bushels of oats, 2,395 bushels of potatoes, 1,898 acres of improved land in farms, 1,291 acres of farmland under crops, 559 acres of farmland in pasture, 501 chickens, 360 tons of hay, 354 bushels of turnips, 352 acres of hay crops, 280 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 230 bushels of spring wheat, 216 acres of oats, 182 bushels of peas, 123 bushels of barley, 123 occupants of farms, 116 milk cows, 101 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 89 farm occupants who own their land, 88 swine slaughtered or sold, 79 horses aged over 3 years, 75 swine, 65 sheep, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 42 bushels of corn, 39 other cattle, 34 farm occupants who rent their land, 31 acres of potatoes, 25 acres of wheat, 23 sheep slaughtered or sold, 21 bushels of beans, 18 cattle killed or sold, 18 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 10 ducks, 9 acres of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 oxen, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of turnips, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC176029 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC062064 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q1945995
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montebello,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montebello_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Montebello, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montebello-vl-qc176029-1891/.