Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs, Quebec (1891 census)

Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 291. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911751. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.034°N, 69.430°W.

Population

In 1891, Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs had a population of 291: 122 male and 169 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).

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

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Isle Verte, 1881 (8.5% share).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 291 total population, 169 females, 122 males, 83 married persons, 42 married females, 41 married males, 38 families, 10 widowed females, 10 widowed persons, 7.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 198 single persons under 18, 117 single females under 18, 81 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 233 French Canadians, 58 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 33 houses, 33 houses built of wood, 33 occupied houses, 30 houses of 1 story, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 15,666 bushels of potatoes, 7,085 pounds of homemade butter, 2,774 acres of land in farms, 1,644 acres of improved land in farms, 1,130 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,005 bushels of oats, 962 acres of farmland in pasture, 834 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 678 bushels of barley, 677 acres of farmland under crops, 673 bushels of rye, 419 sheep, 293 acres of hay crops, 233 chickens, 227 tons of hay, 163 sheep slaughtered or sold, 139 bushels of buckwheat, 117 bushels of spring wheat, 116 swine, 105 acres of potatoes, 98 acres of oats, 97 milk cows, 95 swine slaughtered or sold, 84 bushels of peas, 54 acres of barley, 51 other cattle, 38 horses aged over 3 years, 35 farm occupants who own their land, 35 occupants of farms, 33 geese, 23 cattle killed or sold, 18 bushels of turnips, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 oxen, 9 acres of wheat, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 1 acres of turnips, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC192006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911751

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). "Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-des-sept-douleurs-qc192006-1891/.