Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Natashkwan, Quebec (1891 census)
Natashkwan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 365. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.214°N, 61.596°W.
Population
In 1891, Natashkwan had a population of 365: 195 male and 170 female residents. Population density was 2.1 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, Natashkwan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 112 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.70 |
| FAM NO | 64 |
| Number of families | 64 |
| Number of females | 170 |
| Number of males | 195 |
| Number of married females | 65 |
| Number of married males | 65 |
| Number of married persons | 130 |
| Number of widowed females | 4 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 9 |
| POP F | 170 |
| POP M | 195 |
| POP TOT | 365 |
| Total population | 365 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 101 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 125 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 226 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 356 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 9 |
Buildings & housing (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 64 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 64 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 10 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 64 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 14 |
| Number of occupied houses | 64 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 77 |
Agriculture (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 18 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 44 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 148 |
| Acres of hay crops | 123 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 210 |
| Acres of land in farms | 212 |
| Acres of potatoes | 24 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 965 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 209 |
| HAY AC | 123 |
| HAY TONS | 161 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 8 |
| Number of chickens | 107 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 65 |
| Number of geese | 4 |
| Number of milk cows | 34 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 65 |
| Number of other cattle | 29 |
| Number of other fowl | 2 |
| Number of oxen | 26 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 63 |
| Number of sheep | 6 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 2 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 1 |
| POT AC | 24 |
| POT BU | 965 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 15 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,322 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 161 |
Other recorded variables (49 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,322 |
| CATTLE KS | 8 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 101 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 125 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 226 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 15 |
| FAMILIES | 64 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.70 |
| FRN CA | 356 |
| GEESE | 4 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 107 |
| HOUSES | 64 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 5 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 64 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 14 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 15 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 10 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 77 |
| HOUSES W | 64 |
| INF 11 A | 63 |
| MD FEM | 65 |
| MD MALE | 65 |
| MD TOT | 130 |
| MILK COWS | 34 |
| NAME CD | Chicoutimi and Saguenay |
| OC P | 65 |
| OC TOT | 65 |
| OTHER FOWL | 2 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 29 |
| OTHERS | 9 |
| SHEEP | 6 |
| SHEEP KS | 2 |
| SUP AM | 210 |
| SUP FOR | 2 |
| SUP JV | 18 |
| SUP PAT | 44 |
| SUP SC | 148 |
| SUP TOT | 212 |
| SWINE KS | 1 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 64 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 209 |
| WID FEM | 4 |
| WID MALE | 5 |
| WID TOT | 9 |
| WORKING OX | 26 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149035 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149050 — 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). "Natashkwan, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/natashkwan-qc149035-1891/.