Repentigny, Quebec (1891 census)

Repentigny was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 693. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139427. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.756°N, 73.444°W.

Population

In 1891, Repentigny had a population of 693: 328 male and 365 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, Repentigny shared boundaries with:

• L’Assomption
• St. Sulpice

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 693 total population, 365 females, 328 males, 221 married persons, 136 families, 111 married males, 110 married females, 33 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 439 single persons under 18, 237 single females under 18, 202 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 682 French Canadians, 11 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 112 houses, 112 occupied houses, 109 houses of 1 story, 95 houses built of wood, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses built of stone, 14 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,926 pounds of homemade butter, 18,407 bushels of oats, 10,869 bushels of potatoes, 7,223 acres of land in farms, 6,359 acres of improved land in farms, 4,087 acres of farmland under crops, 2,454 chickens, 2,298 bushels of peas, 2,244 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,057 acres of oats, 2,024 bushels of turnips, 1,701 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,669 bushels of buckwheat, 1,528 bushels of barley, 1,372 tons of hay, 1,253 acres of hay crops, 1,142 bushels of spring wheat, 864 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 694 bushels of corn, 476 sheep, 394 milk cows, 343 other cattle, 329 swine, 309 sheep slaughtered or sold, 282 swine slaughtered or sold, 219 horses aged over 3 years, 183 bushels of beans, 141 acres of potatoes, 137 acres of wheat, 127 cattle killed or sold, 121 occupants of farms, 120 turkeys, 118 horses aged 3 years and under, 99 other fowl, 93 acres of barley, 88 farm occupants who own their land, 88 geese, 54 ducks, 54 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 32 farm occupants who rent their land, 31 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 28 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 bushels of rye, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC162006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC065004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q139427
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentigny
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentigny_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Repentigny, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/repentigny-qc162006-1891/.