Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Percé, Quebec (1891 census)
Percé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,800. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.519°N, 64.304°W.
Population
In 1891, Percé had a population of 1,800: 943 male and 857 female residents. Population density was 42.5 people per square mile.
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, Percé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6.60 |
| FAM NO | 273 |
| Number of families | 273 |
| Number of females | 857 |
| Number of males | 943 |
| Number of married females | 277 |
| Number of married males | 280 |
| Number of married persons | 557 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 26 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP F | 857 |
| POP M | 943 |
| POP TOT | 1,800 |
| Total population | 1,800 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 541 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 637 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,178 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,158 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 642 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 272 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 2 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 270 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 1 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 269 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 42 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 39 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 42 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 35 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 101 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 10 |
| Number of occupied houses | 272 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 108 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 30 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 527 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 14,763 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 3,452 |
| Acres of hay crops | 2,055 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 4,009 |
| Acres of land in farms | 18,772 |
| Acres of oats | 388 |
| Acres of potatoes | 173 |
| Acres of turnips | 73 |
| Acres of wheat | 15 |
| BAR AC | 108 |
| BAR BU | 2,353 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,353 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 154 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 9,797 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 19,496 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 12,614 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 199 |
| BWT BU | 154 |
| HAY AC | 2,055 |
| HAY TONS | 2,552 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 84 |
| Number of chickens | 3,142 |
| Number of ducks | 221 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 276 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 13 |
| Number of geese | 442 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 49 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 161 |
| Number of milk cows | 391 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 289 |
| Number of other cattle | 295 |
| Number of oxen | 211 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 46 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 113 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 58 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 15 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 57 |
| Number of sheep | 1,356 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 478 |
| Number of swine | 767 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 393 |
| Number of turkeys | 11 |
| OAT AC | 388 |
| OAT BU | 9,797 |
| PEA BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 173 |
| POT BU | 19,496 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,407 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 3,514 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 37,513 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,552 |
| WHT AC | 15 |
| WHT FALL BU | 199 |
Other recorded variables (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 46 |
| A 11 50 | 113 |
| A 201 PL | 15 |
| A 51 100 | 58 |
| BUTTER LB | 37,513 |
| CATTLE KS | 84 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 541 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 637 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,178 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,407 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 49 |
| DUCKS | 221 |
| FAMILIES | 273 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.60 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 3,514 |
| FRN CA | 1,158 |
| GEESE | 442 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 3,142 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 161 |
| HOUSES | 272 |
| HOUSES B | 2 |
| HOUSES CON | 10 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 9 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 35 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 42 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 1 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 269 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 101 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 39 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 42 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 16 |
| HOUSES W | 270 |
| INF 11 A | 57 |
| MD FEM | 277 |
| MD MALE | 280 |
| MD TOT | 557 |
| MILK COWS | 391 |
| NAME CD | Gaspé |
| OC F | 13 |
| OC P | 276 |
| OC TOT | 289 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 295 |
| OTHERS | 642 |
| SHEEP | 1,356 |
| SHEEP KS | 478 |
| SUP AM | 4,009 |
| SUP FOR | 14,763 |
| SUP JV | 30 |
| SUP PAT | 527 |
| SUP SC | 3,452 |
| SUP TOT | 18,772 |
| SWINE | 767 |
| SWINE KS | 393 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 272 |
| TUR AC | 73 |
| TUR BU | 12,614 |
| TURKEY | 11 |
| WID FEM | 39 |
| WID MALE | 26 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
| WORKING OX | 211 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC154021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056025 — 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). "Percé, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/perc-qc154021-1891/.