Preston & Addington, Quebec (1891 census)
Preston & Addington was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 249. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.039°N, 75.034°W.
Population
In 1891, Preston & Addington had a population of 249: 139 male and 110 female residents.
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 contained Preston, 1901 (52.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Preston & Addington shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 249 total population, 139 males, 110 females, 94 married persons, 49 families, 47 married females, 47 married males, 5.10 average size of families, 1 widowed males, 1 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 154 single persons under 18, 91 single males under 18, 63 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 210 French Canadians, 39 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 47 occupied houses, 36 houses, 36 houses built of wood, 21 houses of 1 story, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 2 stories, 11 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,943 acres of land in farms, 6,658 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,122 bushels of oats, 3,257 pounds of homemade butter, 2,465 bushels of potatoes, 2,070 bushels of turnips, 1,285 acres of improved land in farms, 1,132 chickens, 1,086 acres of farmland under crops, 948 bushels of buckwheat, 397 acres of hay crops, 377 bushels of peas, 328 bushels of barley, 262 acres of oats, 231 tons of hay, 196 acres of farmland in pasture, 192 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 84 bushels of spring wheat, 77 bushels of corn, 74 bushels of rye, 73 milk cows, 64 turkeys, 63 cattle killed or sold, 62 sheep, 54 other cattle, 50 horses aged over 3 years, 50 occupants of farms, 49 swine, 46 farm occupants who own their land, 44 swine slaughtered or sold, 41 acres of potatoes, 31 acres of barley, 30 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 22 acres of turnips, 18 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 18 sheep slaughtered or sold, 14 acres of wheat, 14 bushels of beans, 14 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 13 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 8 oxen, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 geese, 4 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 ducks, Capacity of silos (tons): 1, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC176037— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176037— 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). "Preston & Addington, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/preston-addington-qc176037-1891/.