Princeville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Princeville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 837. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142516. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.169°N, 71.879°W.

Population

In 1891, Princeville, Village had a population of 837: 410 male and 427 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, Princeville, Village shared boundaries with:

• Stanfold

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 837 total population, 427 females, 410 males, 276 married persons, 147 families, 138 married females, 138 married males, 32 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 529 single persons under 18, 266 single females under 18, 263 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 833 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 124 houses, 124 occupied houses, 120 houses built of wood, 110 houses of 1 story, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 4 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,986 pounds of homemade butter, 4,813 bushels of potatoes, 3,474 acres of land in farms, 2,971 bushels of oats, 1,835 acres of improved land in farms, 1,639 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,293 acres of farmland under crops, 690 acres of hay crops, 621 tons of hay, 499 acres of farmland in pasture, 478 chickens, 309 bushels of spring wheat, 229 bushels of turnips, 193 bushels of barley, 183 acres of oats, 180 bushels of buckwheat, 147 swine slaughtered or sold, 129 milk cows, 117 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 97 farm occupants who own their land, 97 occupants of farms, 77 horses aged over 3 years, 75 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 65 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 55 swine, 53 sheep, 46 acres of potatoes, 46 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 41 other cattle, 40 sheep slaughtered or sold, 25 acres of wheat, 21 ducks, 15 cattle killed or sold, 15 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 bushels of peas, 12 acres of barley, 9 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 bushels of beans, 5 geese, 5 other fowl, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 acres of turnips, 2 oxen. (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: QC153011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC038024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142516
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville

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). "Princeville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/princeville-village-qc153011-1891/.