Pointe des Monts, Quebec (1891 census)

Pointe des Monts was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 498. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.470°N, 67.365°W.

Population

In 1891, Pointe des Monts had a population of 498: 271 male and 227 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).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Pointe des Monts, 1901 (73.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Pointe des Monts shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 498 total population, 271 males, 227 females, 156 married persons, 84 families, 78 married females, 78 married males, 7 widowed persons, 5.90 average size of families, 4 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 335 single persons under 18, 189 single males under 18, 146 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 484 French Canadians, 14 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 81 houses, 81 houses built of wood, 81 houses of 1 story, 81 occupied houses, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,221 bushels of potatoes, 1,781 pounds of homemade butter, 305 acres of land in farms, 293 acres of improved land in farms, 232 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 217 chickens, 190 bushels of oats, 156 acres of farmland under crops, 137 acres of farmland in pasture, 113 acres of hay crops, 79 farm occupants who own their land, 79 occupants of farms, 76 tons of hay, 72 sheep, 71 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 51 swine, 34 swine slaughtered or sold, 31 acres of potatoes, 28 milk cows, 21 horses aged over 3 years, 13 acres of oats, 13 cattle killed or sold, 13 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 other cattle, 7 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC149037 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC086073 — 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 des Monts, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-des-monts-qc149037-1891/.