Philipsburg, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Philipsburg, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 230. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28469447. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.043°N, 73.075°W.

Population

In 1891, Philipsburg, Village had a population of 230: 105 male and 125 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).

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 230 total population, 125 females, 105 males, 93 married persons, 62 families, 47 married males, 46 married females, 16 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 4 widowed males, 3.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 121 single persons under 18, 67 single females under 18, 54 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 158 persons who are not French Canadian, 72 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 62 houses, 62 occupied houses, 54 houses built of wood, 46 houses of 2 stories, 28 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 13 houses of 1 story, 10 uninhabited houses, 9 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 4 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,565 pounds of homemade butter, 1,529 bushels of potatoes, 1,281 acres of land in farms, 678 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 603 acres of improved land in farms, 569 bushels of oats, 499 bushels of buckwheat, 491 chickens, 306 acres of farmland under crops, 291 tons of hay, 275 acres of farmland in pasture, 203 acres of hay crops, 162 bushels of barley, 125 bushels of turnips, 108 bushels of corn, 69 milk cows, 45 occupants of farms, 40 bushels of peas, 40 horses aged over 3 years, 40 swine slaughtered or sold, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 acres of oats, 36 farm occupants who own their land, 25 bushels of beans, 22 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 other cattle, 21 cattle killed or sold, 16 acres of barley, 15 ducks, 14 acres of potatoes, 13 swine, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 turkeys, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3 geese, 3 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 other fowl, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC169010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC072019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28469447
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipsburg_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Philipsburg, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/philipsburg-village-qc169010-1891/.