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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

Pointe Fortune, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Pointe Fortune, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 322. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.539°N, 74.374°W.

Population

In 1891, Pointe Fortune, Village had a population of 322: 161 male and 161 female residents. Population density was 96.3 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1891322
1901264
1911311
1921324

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.

Earlier boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Pointe Fortune, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.30
FAM NO61
Number of families61
Number of females161
Number of males161
Number of married females51
Number of married males52
Number of married persons103
Number of widowed females9
Number of widowed males5
Number of widowed persons14
POP F161
POP M161
POP TOT322
Total population322
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18101
Number of single males under 18104
Number of single persons under 18205
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians229
Number of persons who are not French Canadian93
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses56
Number of houses built of brick4
Number of houses built of wood52
Number of houses of 1 story15
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms3
Number of houses of 2 rooms5
Number of houses of 2 stories40
Number of houses of 3 rooms6
Number of houses of 3 stories1
Number of houses of 4 rooms12
Number of houses of 5 rooms7
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms23
Number of occupied houses56
Number of uninhabited houses4
Agriculture (60 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley24
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards21
Acres of farmland in pasture846
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest324
Acres of farmland under crops1,174
Acres of hay crops444
Acres of improved land in farms2,041
Acres of land in farms2,365
Acres of oats282
Acres of potatoes54
Acres of turnips2
Acres of wheat69
BAR AC24
BAR BU305
Bushels of barley produced in the past year305
Bushels of beans produced in the past year22
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year317
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year5
Bushels of corn produced in the past year1,725
Bushels of oats produced in the past year4,256
Bushels of peas produced in the past year715
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year7,205
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year835
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year240
BWT BU317
CRN BU1,725
HAY AC444
HAY TONS646
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year114
Number of chickens744
Number of ducks9
Number of farm occupants who own their land26
Number of farm occupants who rent their land2
Number of geese11
Number of horses aged 3 years and under33
Number of horses aged over 3 years73
Number of milk cows217
Number of occupants of farms28
Number of other cattle137
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres9
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres4
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres10
Number of sheep116
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold104
Number of swine78
Number of swine slaughtered or sold128
Number of turkeys35
OAT AC282
OAT BU4,256
PEA BU715
POT AC54
POT BU7,205
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year180
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year453
Pounds of homemade butter6,388
Tons of hay produced in the past year646
WHT AC69
WHT SP BU835
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 2009
A 11 502
A 201 PL3
A 51 1004
BEN BU22
BUTTER LB6,388
CATTLE KS114
CHEESE LB180
CHILD AND UNMD FEM101
CHILD AND UNMD MALE104
CHILD AND UNMD TOT205
COARSE WOOL LB453
COLTS FILLIES33
DUCKS9
FAMILIES61
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.30
FRN CA229
GEESE11
GRA BU5
HENS AND CHKN744
HORSES OVR THREE73
HOUSES56
HOUSES B4
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM3
HOUSES FIVE RM7
HOUSES FOUR RM12
HOUSES ONE STRY15
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM23
HOUSES THREE RM6
HOUSES THREE STRY1
HOUSES TWO RM5
HOUSES TWO STRY40
HOUSES UNINH4
HOUSES W52
INF 11 A10
MD FEM51
MD MALE52
MD TOT103
MILK COWS217
NAME CDVaudreuil
OC F2
OC P26
OC TOT28
OTHER HRN CATTLE137
OTHERS93
SHEEP116
SHEEP KS104
SUP AM2,041
SUP FOR324
SUP JV21
SUP PAT846
SUP SC1,174
SUP TOT2,365
SWINE78
SWINE KS128
TOT DWLG OCC56
TUR AC2
TUR BU240
TURKEY35
WID FEM9
WID MALE5
WID TOT14

Identifiers

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 Fortune, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-fortune-village-qc195002-1891/.