Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)

Montmagny, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,697. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141946. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.982°N, 70.560°W.

Population

In 1891, Montmagny, T-V had a population of 1,697: 787 male and 910 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, Montmagny, T-V shared boundaries with:

• St. Thomas

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,697 total population, 910 females, 787 males, 553 married persons, 343 families, 277 married males, 276 married females, 106 widowed persons, 82 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,038 single persons under 18, 552 single females under 18, 486 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,685 French Canadians, 12 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 305 houses, 305 occupied houses, 297 houses built of wood, 233 houses of 1 story, 122 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses of 2 stories, 47 houses of 4 rooms, 45 houses of 3 rooms, 33 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of over 15 rooms, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 5 houses built of brick, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,645 acres of land in farms, 4,146 pounds of homemade butter, 2,742 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,651 bushels of potatoes, 2,554 bushels of oats, 1,903 acres of improved land in farms, 1,543 acres of farmland under crops, 587 chickens, 438 tons of hay, 376 bushels of turnips, 326 acres of hay crops, 275 bushels of barley, 254 acres of farmland in pasture, 245 occupants of farms, 231 farm occupants who own their land, 199 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 178 acres of oats, 166 swine slaughtered or sold, 149 milk cows, 116 bushels of spring wheat, 106 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 98 swine, 93 horses aged over 3 years, 64 other cattle, 45 bushels of corn, 38 bushels of beans, 30 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 26 acres of potatoes, 24 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 23 acres of barley, 18 cattle killed or sold, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 14 acres of wheat, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 other fowl, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 sheep, 10 ducks, 10 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 8 oxen, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of peas, 3 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2 turkeys, 1 sheep slaughtered or sold. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC171004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074014_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141946
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmagny_(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). "Montmagny, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/montmagny-t-v-qc171004-1891/.