Year: 1891 | Province: Quebec

Newport, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Newport (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Newport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,481. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.318°N, 64.822°W.

Population

In 1891, Newport had a population of 1,481: 786 male and 695 female residents. Population density was 17.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	1,154
1891	1,481
1901	1,357
1911	1,547
1921	1,711

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, Newport shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 143 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.70
FAM NO	219
Number of families	219
Number of females	695
Number of males	786
Number of married females	209
Number of married males	212
Number of married persons	421
Number of widowed females	19
Number of widowed males	19
Number of widowed persons	38
POP F	695
POP M	786
POP TOT	1,481
Total population	1,481

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	467
Number of single males under 18	555
Number of single persons under 18	1,022

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,275
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	206

Buildings & housing (12 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	199
Number of houses built of wood	199
Number of houses of 1 room	45
Number of houses of 1 story	199
Number of houses of 2 rooms	71
Number of houses of 3 rooms	31
Number of houses of 4 rooms	22
Number of houses of 5 rooms	6
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	24
Number of houses under construction	4
Number of occupied houses	199
Number of uninhabited houses	9

Agriculture (54 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	36
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	88
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	6,425
Acres of farmland under crops	824
Acres of hay crops	342
Acres of improved land in farms	913
Acres of land in farms	7,338
Acres of oats	160
Acres of potatoes	239
Acres of turnips	25
Acres of wheat	1
BAR AC	36
BAR BU	458
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	458
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	50
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	2,737
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	15
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	21,743
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,198
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year	9
BWT BU	50
HAY AC	342
HAY TONS	559
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	39
Number of chickens	4,000
Number of farm occupants who own their land	213
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	9
Number of geese	222
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	16
Number of horses aged over 3 years	62
Number of milk cows	141
Number of occupants of farms	222
Number of other cattle	131
Number of oxen	121
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	163
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	27
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	25
Number of sheep	511
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	123
Number of swine	764
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	380
Number of turkeys	29
OAT AC	160
OAT BU	2,737
PEA BU	15
POT AC	239
POT BU	21,743
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	1,116
Pounds of homemade butter	8,816
Tons of hay produced in the past year	559
WHT AC	1
WHT FALL BU	9

Other recorded variables (57 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	7
A 11 50	163
A 51 100	27
BUTTER LB	8,816
CATTLE KS	39
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	467
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	555
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,022
COARSE WOOL LB	1,116
COLTS FILLIES	16
FAMILIES	219
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.70
FRN CA	1,275
GEESE	222
HENS AND CHKN	4,000
HORSES OVR THREE	62
HOUSES	199
HOUSES CON	4
HOUSES FIVE RM	6
HOUSES FOUR RM	22
HOUSES ONE RM	45
HOUSES ONE STRY	199
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	24
HOUSES THREE RM	31
HOUSES TWO RM	71
HOUSES UNINH	9
HOUSES W	199
INF 11 A	25
MD FEM	209
MD MALE	212
MD TOT	421
MILK COWS	141
NAME CD	Gaspé
OC F	9
OC P	213
OC TOT	222
OTHER HRN CATTLE	131
OTHERS	206
SHEEP	511
SHEEP KS	123
SILOS	19
SUP AM	913
SUP FOR	6,425
SUP JV	1
SUP PAT	88
SUP SC	824
SUP TOT	7,338
SWINE	764
SWINE KS	380
TOT DWLG OCC	199
TUR AC	25
TUR BU	1,198
TURKEY	29
WID FEM	19
WID MALE	19
WID TOT	38
WORKING OX	121

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC154019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056023 — 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). "Newport, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/newport-qc154019-1891/.