Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec (1891 census)

Pointe aux Trembles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,240. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142490. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.721°N, 71.624°W.

Population

In 1891, Pointe aux Trembles had a population of 1,240: 604 male and 636 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 Trembles shared boundaries with:

• Ecureuils
• St. Augustin
• Ste. Jeanne de Neuville

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,240 total population, 636 females, 604 males, 339 married persons, 205 families, 170 married males, 169 married females, 67 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 834 single persons under 18, 429 single females under 18, 405 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,237 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 200 houses, 200 occupied houses, 176 houses of 1 story, 133 houses built of wood, 67 houses built of stone, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 24 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,387 pounds of homemade butter, 19,467 acres of land in farms, 18,483 bushels of potatoes, 17,123 bushels of oats, 9,931 acres of improved land in farms, 9,536 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,592 bushels of turnips, 5,876 acres of farmland under crops, 3,917 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,732 chickens, 3,462 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,246 tons of hay, 1,943 acres of oats, 1,666 bushels of buckwheat, 1,663 acres of hay crops, 1,101 sheep, 963 bushels of peas, 881 swine, 832 bushels of spring wheat, 772 milk cows, 691 bushels of barley, 589 swine slaughtered or sold, 464 sheep slaughtered or sold, 348 other cattle, 227 horses aged over 3 years, 192 occupants of farms, 172 farm occupants who own their land, 162 bushels of corn, 161 acres of potatoes, 144 cattle killed or sold, 138 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 114 acres of wheat, 102 bushels of beans, 81 oxen, 64 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 62 acres of barley, 58 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 27 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 26 acres of turnips, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 ducks, 17 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC178007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC181007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142490
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuville_(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). "Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-aux-trembles-qc178007-1891/.