Pointe aux Esquimaux, Quebec (1891 census)

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 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 aux Esquimaux shared boundaries with:

• Moisie
• NO DATA
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,751 total population, 882 females, 869 males, 555 married persons, 282 families, 279 married males, 276 married females, 50 widowed persons, 26 widowed males, 24 widowed females, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,146 single persons under 18, 582 single females under 18, 564 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,739 French Canadians, 12 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 278 houses, 278 occupied houses, 277 houses built of wood, 276 houses of 1 story, 77 houses of 2 rooms, 64 houses of 1 room, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 38 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,410 bushels of potatoes, 6,395 pounds of homemade butter, 1,893 bushels of turnips, 733 chickens, 580 acres of land in farms, 521 acres of improved land in farms, 288 acres of farmland under crops, 283 occupants of farms, 279 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 275 farm occupants who own their land, 214 swine, 209 tons of hay, 164 acres of hay crops, 154 swine slaughtered or sold, 145 acres of potatoes, 126 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 107 acres of farmland in pasture, 102 milk cows, 87 oxen, 76 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 59 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 40 bushels of corn, 40 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 38 other cattle, 31 cattle killed or sold, 24 acres of turnips, 24 sheep, 11 sheep slaughtered or sold, 9 bushels of beans, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 ducks, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 horses aged over 3 years, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

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/.