Pointe aux Esquimaux, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Pointe aux Esquimaux (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Pointe aux Esquimaux was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,751. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.327°N, 63.605°W.

Population

In 1891, Pointe aux Esquimaux had a population of 1,751: 869 male and 882 female residents. Population density was 4.5 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	862
1881	1,775
1891	1,751
1901	1,818
1911	838
1921	885

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 aux Esquimaux shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.20
FAM NO	282
Number of families	282
Number of females	882
Number of males	869
Number of married females	276
Number of married males	279
Number of married persons	555
Number of widowed females	24
Number of widowed males	26
Number of widowed persons	50
POP F	882
POP M	869
POP TOT	1,751
Total population	1,751

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	582
Number of single males under 18	564
Number of single persons under 18	1,146

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,739
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	12

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	278
Number of houses built of stone	1
Number of houses built of wood	277
Number of houses of 1 room	64
Number of houses of 1 story	276
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	77
Number of houses of 2 stories	1
Number of houses of 3 rooms	57
Number of houses of 3 stories	1
Number of houses of 4 rooms	40
Number of houses of 5 rooms	17
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	21
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	1
Number of houses under construction	9
Number of occupied houses	278
Number of uninhabited houses	38

Agriculture (39 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	126
Acres of farmland in pasture	107
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	59
Acres of farmland under crops	288
Acres of hay crops	164
Acres of improved land in farms	521
Acres of land in farms	580
Acres of potatoes	145
Acres of turnips	24
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	9
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	40
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	13,410
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	1,893
CRN BU	40
HAY AC	164
HAY TONS	209
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	31
Number of chickens	733
Number of ducks	6
Number of farm occupants who own their land	275
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	8
Number of horses aged over 3 years	1
Number of milk cows	102
Number of occupants of farms	283
Number of other cattle	38
Number of other fowl	1
Number of oxen	87
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	279
Number of sheep	24
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	11
Number of swine	214
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	154
POT AC	145
POT BU	13,410
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	76
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	40
Pounds of homemade butter	6,395
Tons of hay produced in the past year	209

Other recorded variables (60 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	4
BEN BU	9
BUTTER LB	6,395
CATTLE KS	31
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	582
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	564
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,146
COARSE WOOL LB	76
DUCKS	6
FAMILIES	282
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.20
FINE WOOL LB	40
FRN CA	1,739
HENS AND CHKN	733
HORSES OVR THREE	1
HOUSES	278
HOUSES CON	9
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	17
HOUSES FOUR RM	40
HOUSES ONE RM	64
HOUSES ONE STRY	276
HOUSES S	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	21
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	1
HOUSES THREE RM	57
HOUSES THREE STRY	1
HOUSES TWO RM	77
HOUSES TWO STRY	1
HOUSES UNINH	38
HOUSES W	277
INF 11 A	279
MD FEM	276
MD MALE	279
MD TOT	555
MILK COWS	102
NAME CD	Chicoutimi and Saguenay
OC F	8
OC P	275
OC TOT	283
OTHER FOWL	1
OTHER HRN CATTLE	38
OTHERS	12
SHEEP	24
SHEEP KS	11
SUP AM	521
SUP FOR	59
SUP JV	126
SUP PAT	107
SUP SC	288
SUP TOT	580
SWINE	214
SWINE KS	154
TOT DWLG OCC	278
TUR AC	24
TUR BU	1,893
WID FEM	24
WID MALE	26
WID TOT	50
WORKING OX	87

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC149036 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC086070 — 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 aux Esquimaux, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-aux-esquimaux-qc149036-1891/.