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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3344653

Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel, Quebec (1891 census)

Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,042. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3344653. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.518°N, 72.665°W.

Population

In 1891, Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel had a population of 2,042: 1,070 male and 972 female residents.

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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,042 total population, 1,070 males, 972 females, 643 married persons, 362 families, 323 married females, 320 married males, 55 widowed persons, 30 widowed males, 25 widowed females, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,344 single persons under 18, 720 single males under 18, 624 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,040 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 297 occupied houses, 293 houses, 292 houses built of wood, 283 houses of 1 story, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 60 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 38 uninhabited houses, 36 houses of 1 room, 34 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses under construction, 10 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,076 pounds of homemade butter, 34,456 bushels of oats, 34,093 acres of land in farms, 28,339 bushels of potatoes, 21,273 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,820 acres of improved land in farms, 7,901 acres of farmland under crops, 4,851 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,587 bushels of buckwheat, 4,100 bushels of peas, 3,691 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,059 chickens, 2,916 acres of oats, 2,288 bushels of turnips, 1,996 bushels of corn, 1,905 tons of hay, 1,866 acres of hay crops, 1,503 sheep, 1,019 bushels of spring wheat, 612 milk cows, 559 bushels of barley, 555 sheep slaughtered or sold, 529 other cattle, 446 swine slaughtered or sold, 410 swine, 362 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 340 occupants of farms, 326 horses aged over 3 years, 324 farm occupants who own their land, 268 acres of potatoes, 230 cattle killed or sold, 153 acres of wheat, 153 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 80 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 68 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 54 bushels of rye, 53 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 acres of barley, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 31 other fowl, 25 bushels of beans, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 oxen, 16 acres of turnips, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 geese, 4 turkeys, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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 du Mont Carmel, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-du-mont-carmel-qc146003-1891/.