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 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.10 |
| FAM NO | 49 |
| Number of families | 49 |
| Number of females | 110 |
| Number of males | 139 |
| Number of married females | 47 |
| Number of married males | 47 |
| Number of married persons | 94 |
| Number of widowed males | 1 |
| Number of widowed persons | 1 |
| POP F | 110 |
| POP M | 139 |
| POP TOT | 249 |
| Total population | 249 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 63 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 91 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 154 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 210 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 39 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 11 |
| Number of houses | 36 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 36 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 21 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 15 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 47 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 31 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 196 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 6,658 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,086 |
| Acres of hay crops | 397 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,285 |
| Acres of land in farms | 7,943 |
| Acres of oats | 262 |
| Acres of potatoes | 41 |
| Acres of turnips | 22 |
| Acres of wheat | 14 |
| BAR AC | 31 |
| BAR BU | 328 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 328 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 948 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 77 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,122 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 377 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,465 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 74 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 84 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,070 |
| BWT BU | 948 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 1 |
| CRN BU | 77 |
| HAY AC | 397 |
| HAY TONS | 231 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 63 |
| Number of chickens | 1,132 |
| Number of ducks | 2 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 46 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 4 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 7 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 50 |
| Number of milk cows | 73 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 50 |
| Number of other cattle | 54 |
| Number of oxen | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 30 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of sheep | 62 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 18 |
| Number of swine | 49 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 44 |
| Number of turkeys | 64 |
| OAT AC | 262 |
| OAT BU | 4,122 |
| PEA BU | 377 |
| POT AC | 41 |
| POT BU | 2,465 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 4 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 192 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 13 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,257 |
| RYE BU | 74 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 231 |
| WHT AC | 14 |
| WHT SP BU | 84 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 14 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 5 |
| A 51 100 | 30 |
| BEN BU | 14 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,257 |
| CATTLE KS | 63 |
| CHEESE LB | 4 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 63 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 91 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 154 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 192 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 7 |
| DUCKS | 2 |
| FAMILIES | 49 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.10 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 13 |
| FRN CA | 210 |
| GEESE | 4 |
| GRA BU | 18 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,132 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 50 |
| HOUSES | 36 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 21 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 5 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 18 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 15 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 7 |
| HOUSES W | 36 |
| MD FEM | 47 |
| MD MALE | 47 |
| MD TOT | 94 |
| MILK COWS | 73 |
| NAME CD | Ottawa, County—Comté |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 46 |
| OC TOT | 50 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 54 |
| OTHERS | 39 |
| SHEEP | 62 |
| SHEEP KS | 18 |
| SILOS | 1 |
| SUP AM | 1,285 |
| SUP FOR | 6,658 |
| SUP JV | 3 |
| SUP PAT | 196 |
| SUP SC | 1,086 |
| SUP TOT | 7,943 |
| SWINE | 49 |
| SWINE KS | 44 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 47 |
| TUR AC | 22 |
| TUR BU | 2,070 |
| TURKEY | 64 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 11 |
| WID FEM | 0 |
| WID MALE | 1 |
| WID TOT | 1 |
| WORKING OX | 8 |
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/.