New Carlisle, Quebec (1891 census)

New Carlisle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 991. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q985588. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.094°N, 65.365°W.

Population

In 1891, New Carlisle had a population of 991: 490 male and 501 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, New Carlisle shared boundaries with:

• Hamilton E
• NO DATA
• Paspébiac W-O

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 991 total population, 501 females, 490 males, 308 married persons, 185 families, 154 married females, 154 married males, 39 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 644 single persons under 18, 325 single males under 18, 319 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 918 persons who are not French Canadian, 73 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 173 houses, 173 occupied houses, 172 houses built of wood, 162 houses of 1 story, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,085 bushels of potatoes, 15,466 pounds of homemade butter, 14,392 acres of land in farms, 13,263 bushels of oats, 12,082 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,089 bushels of turnips, 2,310 acres of improved land in farms, 1,946 acres of farmland under crops, 1,864 chickens, 1,336 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 979 bushels of barley, 960 tons of hay, 792 acres of hay crops, 579 acres of oats, 528 sheep, 365 swine, 337 bushels of spring wheat, 321 acres of farmland in pasture, 265 swine slaughtered or sold, 229 sheep slaughtered or sold, 225 milk cows, 199 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 173 acres of potatoes, 166 occupants of farms, 157 farm occupants who own their land, 155 other cattle, 137 horses aged over 3 years, 126 bushels of peas, 126 geese, 100 bushels of buckwheat, 96 cattle killed or sold, 83 bushels of beans, 57 acres of barley, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 47 oxen, 46 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 44 horses aged 3 years and under, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 ducks, 39 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 acres of wheat, 23 acres of turnips, 19 turkeys, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of corn, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 employees on farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 1. (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: QC143010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q985588
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Carlisle,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Carlisle_(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). "New Carlisle, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/new-carlisle-qc143010-1891/.