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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

N.-D. du Lac St. Jean & Roberval, Quebec (1891 census)

N.-D. du Lac St. Jean & Roberval was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,040. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.490°N, 72.257°W.

Population

In 1891, N.-D. du Lac St. Jean & Roberval had a population of 1,040: 560 male and 480 female residents. Population density was 6.9 people per square mile.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, N.-D. du Lac St. Jean & Roberval shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families6.30
FAM NO164
Number of families164
Number of females480
Number of males560
Number of married females153
Number of married males164
Number of married persons317
Number of widowed females15
Number of widowed males7
Number of widowed persons22
POP F480
POP M560
POP TOT1,040
Total population1,040
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18312
Number of single males under 18389
Number of single persons under 18701
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians1,034
Number of persons who are not French Canadian6
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses158
Number of houses built of wood158
Number of houses of 1 story156
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms1
Number of houses of 2 rooms48
Number of houses of 2 stories2
Number of houses of 3 rooms18
Number of houses of 4 rooms44
Number of houses of 5 rooms26
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms21
Number of houses under construction2
Number of occupied houses158
Agriculture (62 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley46
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards46
Acres of farmland in pasture3,029
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest11,406
Acres of farmland under crops4,778
Acres of hay crops1,442
Acres of improved land in farms7,853
Acres of land in farms19,259
Acres of oats861
Acres of potatoes99
Acres of turnips16
Acres of wheat468
BAR AC46
BAR BU345
Bushels of barley produced in the past year345
Bushels of beans produced in the past year16
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year1,262
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year9
Bushels of corn produced in the past year14
Bushels of oats produced in the past year7,746
Bushels of peas produced in the past year1,951
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year11,537
Bushels of rye produced in the past year563
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year3,258
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year1,004
BWT BU1,262
CRN BU14
HAY AC1,442
HAY TONS1,101
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year244
Number of chickens1,426
Number of ducks6
Number of farm occupants who own their land103
Number of farm occupants who rent their land58
Number of geese76
Number of horses aged 3 years and under31
Number of horses aged over 3 years198
Number of milk cows397
Number of occupants of farms161
Number of other cattle372
Number of oxen57
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres30
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres10
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres44
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres32
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres45
Number of sheep954
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold752
Number of swine264
Number of swine slaughtered or sold299
Number of turkeys15
OAT AC861
OAT BU7,746
PEA BU1,951
POT AC99
POT BU11,537
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year3,962
Pounds of homemade butter14,016
RYE BU563
Tons of hay produced in the past year1,101
WHT AC468
WHT SP BU3,258
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20030
A 11 5010
A 201 PL32
A 51 10044
BEN BU16
BUTTER LB14,016
CATTLE KS244
CHILD AND UNMD FEM312
CHILD AND UNMD MALE389
CHILD AND UNMD TOT701
COARSE WOOL LB3,962
COLTS FILLIES31
DUCKS6
FAMILIES164
FAMILIES AV SIZE6.30
FRN CA1,034
GEESE76
GRA BU9
HENS AND CHKN1,426
HORSES OVR THREE198
HOUSES158
HOUSES CON2
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM1
HOUSES FIVE RM26
HOUSES FOUR RM44
HOUSES ONE STRY156
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM21
HOUSES THREE RM18
HOUSES TWO RM48
HOUSES TWO STRY2
HOUSES W158
INF 11 A45
MD FEM153
MD MALE164
MD TOT317
MILK COWS397
NAME CDChicoutimi and Saguenay
OC F58
OC P103
OC TOT161
OTHER HRN CATTLE372
OTHERS6
SHEEP954
SHEEP KS752
SUP AM7,853
SUP FOR11,406
SUP JV46
SUP PAT3,029
SUP SC4,778
SUP TOT19,259
SWINE264
SWINE KS299
TOT DWLG OCC158
TUR AC16
TUR BU1,004
TURKEY15
WID FEM15
WID MALE7
WID TOT22
WORKING OX57

Identifiers

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). "N.-D. du Lac St. Jean & Roberval, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/n-d-du-lac-st-jean-roberval-qc149009-1891/.