New Glasgow, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: New Glasgow, Village (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

New Glasgow, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 204. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.836°N, 73.876°W.

Population

In 1891, New Glasgow, Village had a population of 204: 107 male and 97 female residents. Population density was 1239.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	168
1881	300
1891	204
1901	133
1911	131
1921	146

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 Glasgow, Village shared boundaries with:

Ste. Sophie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 144 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.40
FAM NO	38
Number of families	38
Number of females	97
Number of males	107
Number of married females	29
Number of married males	29
Number of married persons	58
Number of widowed females	8
Number of widowed males	2
Number of widowed persons	10
POP F	97
POP M	107
POP TOT	204
Total population	204

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	60
Number of single males under 18	76
Number of single persons under 18	136

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	113
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	91

Buildings & housing (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	37
Number of houses built of brick	3
Number of houses built of stone	1
Number of houses built of wood	33
Number of houses of 1 story	17
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	6
Number of houses of 2 rooms	3
Number of houses of 2 stories	18
Number of houses of 3 rooms	4
Number of houses of 3 stories	2
Number of houses of 4 rooms	9
Number of houses of 5 rooms	1
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	14
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	37

Agriculture (49 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	7
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	7
Acres of farmland in pasture	145
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	847
Acres of farmland under crops	370
Acres of hay crops	267
Acres of improved land in farms	522
Acres of land in farms	1,369
Acres of oats	72
Acres of potatoes	11
Acres of turnips	1
BAR AC	7
BAR BU	140
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	140
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	945
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	100
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,561
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	90
HAY AC	267
HAY TONS	177
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	29
Number of chickens	268
Number of ducks	8
Number of farm occupants who own their land	9
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	4
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	7
Number of horses aged over 3 years	27
Number of milk cows	45
Number of occupants of farms	11
Number of other cattle	11
Number of oxen	1
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	3
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	3
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	37
Number of swine	4
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	28
Number of turkeys	2
OAT AC	72
OAT BU	945
PEA BU	100
POT AC	11
POT BU	1,561
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	8
Pounds of homemade butter	3,120
Tons of hay produced in the past year	177

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	3
A 11 50	2
A 201 PL	2
A 51 100	1
BUTTER LB	3,120
CATTLE KS	29
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	60
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	76
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	136
COARSE WOOL LB	8
COLTS FILLIES	7
DUCKS	8
FAMILIES	38
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.40
FRN CA	113
GEESE	4
HENS AND CHKN	268
HORSES OVR THREE	27
HOUSES	37
HOUSES B	3
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	6
HOUSES FIVE RM	1
HOUSES FOUR RM	9
HOUSES ONE STRY	17
HOUSES S	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	14
HOUSES THREE RM	4
HOUSES THREE STRY	2
HOUSES TWO RM	3
HOUSES TWO STRY	18
HOUSES W	33
INF 11 A	3
MD FEM	29
MD MALE	29
MD TOT	58
MILK COWS	45
NAME CD	Terrebonne
OC F	2
OC P	9
OC TOT	11
OTHER HRN CATTLE	11
OTHERS	91
SHEEP KS	37
SUP AM	522
SUP FOR	847
SUP JV	7
SUP PAT	145
SUP SC	370
SUP TOT	1,369
SWINE	4
SWINE KS	28
TOT DWLG OCC	37
TUR AC	1
TUR BU	90
TURKEY	2
WID FEM	8
WID MALE	2
WID TOT	10
WORKING OX	1

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC193001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096022 — 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). "New Glasgow, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/new-glasgow-village-qc193001-1891/.