Richmond, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Richmond, Village (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Richmond, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,056. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.666°N, 72.139°W.

Population

In 1891, Richmond, Village had a population of 2,056: 1,032 male and 1,024 female residents. Population density was 1177.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	715
1881	1,571
1891	2,056
1901	2,057
1911	2,175
1921	2,450

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, Richmond, Village shared boundaries with:

Cleveland

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.10
FAM NO	401
Number of families	401
Number of females	1,024
Number of males	1,032
Number of married females	353
Number of married males	352
Number of married persons	705
Number of widowed females	44
Number of widowed males	23
Number of widowed persons	67
POP F	1,024
POP M	1,032
POP TOT	2,056
Total population	2,056

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	627
Number of single males under 18	657
Number of single persons under 18	1,284

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	897
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	1,159

Buildings & housing (17 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	387
Number of houses built of brick	146
Number of houses built of wood	241
Number of houses of 1 story	269
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	22
Number of houses of 2 rooms	20
Number of houses of 2 stories	105
Number of houses of 3 rooms	21
Number of houses of 3 stories	12
Number of houses of 4 rooms	62
Number of houses of 5 rooms	54
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	197
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	11
Number of houses under construction	1
Number of occupied houses	387
Number of uninhabited houses	12

Agriculture (48 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	41
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	11
Acres of farmland in pasture	752
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	3,643
Acres of farmland under crops	1,376
Acres of hay crops	605
Acres of improved land in farms	2,139
Acres of land in farms	5,782
Acres of oats	44
Acres of potatoes	13
Acres of turnips	2
BAR AC	41
BAR BU	776
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	776
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	1,101
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	1,313
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	385
HAY AC	605
HAY TONS	694
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	62
Number of chickens	1,186
Number of ducks	24
Number of farm occupants who own their land	50
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	49
Number of horses aged over 3 years	190
Number of milk cows	171
Number of occupants of farms	50
Number of other cattle	41
Number of other fowl	15
Number of oxen	5
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	7
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	11
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	10
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	4
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	18
Number of sheep	67
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	73
Number of swine	105
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	203
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	44
OAT BU	1,101
POT AC	13
POT BU	1,313
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year	50
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	326
Pounds of homemade butter	8,999
Tons of hay produced in the past year	694

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	7
A 11 50	11
A 201 PL	4
A 51 100	10
BUTTER LB	8,999
CATTLE KS	62
CHEESE LB	50
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	627
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	657
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	1,284
COARSE WOOL LB	326
COLTS FILLIES	49
DUCKS	24
FAMILIES	401
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.10
FRN CA	897
HENS AND CHKN	1,186
HORSES OVR THREE	190
HOUSES	387
HOUSES B	146
HOUSES CON	1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	22
HOUSES FIVE RM	54
HOUSES FOUR RM	62
HOUSES ONE STRY	269
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	197
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	11
HOUSES THREE RM	21
HOUSES THREE STRY	12
HOUSES TWO RM	20
HOUSES TWO STRY	105
HOUSES UNINH	12
HOUSES W	241
INF 11 A	18
MD FEM	353
MD MALE	352
MD TOT	705
MILK COWS	171
NAME CD	Richmond and Wolfe
OC P	50
OC TOT	50
OTHER FOWL	15
OTHER HRN CATTLE	41
OTHERS	1,159
SHEEP	67
SHEEP KS	73
SUP AM	2,139
SUP FOR	3,643
SUP JV	11
SUP PAT	752
SUP SC	1,376
SUP TOT	5,782
SWINE	105
SWINE KS	203
TOT DWLG OCC	387
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	385
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	44
WID MALE	23
WID TOT	67
WORKING OX	5

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC182010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083011 — 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). "Richmond, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/richmond-village-qc182010-1891/.