Pointe au Pic, VL, Quebec (1891 census)

Pointe au Pic, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 420. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.624°N, 70.152°W.

Population

In 1891, Pointe au Pic, VL had a population of 420: 219 male and 201 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Pointe au Pic, VL shared boundaries with:

• Malbaie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 420 total population, 219 males, 201 females, 131 married persons, 66 married males, 65 families, 65 married females, 17 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 7 widowed females, 6.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 272 single persons under 18, 143 single males under 18, 129 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 419 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 65 houses, 65 houses built of wood, 65 occupied houses, 61 houses of 1 story, 27 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,420 pounds of homemade butter, 615 acres of land in farms, 341 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 274 acres of improved land in farms, 230 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 144 chickens, 140 bushels of oats, 135 bushels of potatoes, 132 acres of farmland under crops, 103 acres of farmland in pasture, 72 occupants of farms, 65 farm occupants who own their land, 65 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 63 sheep, 60 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 52 milk cows, 48 bushels of peas, 45 bushels of turnips, 43 bushels of barley, 42 sheep slaughtered or sold, 39 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 30 horses aged over 3 years, 28 swine slaughtered or sold, 27 acres of oats, 24 tons of hay, 20 acres of hay crops, 12 swine, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 bushels of beans, 6 other cattle, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 geese, 2 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 horses aged 3 years and under, 1 acres of potatoes, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC147006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048015_1911 — 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). "Pointe au Pic, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-au-pic-vl-qc147006-1891/.