Romieux, Quebec (1891 census)
Romieux was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 236. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.995°N, 66.721°W.
Population
In 1891, Romieux had a population of 236: 132 male and 104 female residents. Population density was 2.3 people per square mile.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Cherbourg, 1881 (33.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Romieux shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 139 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 6.40 |
| FAM NO | 37 |
| Number of families | 37 |
| Number of females | 104 |
| Number of males | 132 |
| Number of married females | 32 |
| Number of married males | 33 |
| Number of married persons | 65 |
| Number of widowed females | 4 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 9 |
| POP F | 104 |
| POP M | 132 |
| POP TOT | 236 |
| Total population | 236 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 68 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 94 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 162 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 236 |
Buildings & housing (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 31 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 31 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 15 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 15 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 15 |
| Number of occupied houses | 31 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 24 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 1 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 980 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,317 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 881 |
| Acres of hay crops | 334 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,862 |
| Acres of land in farms | 5,179 |
| Acres of oats | 104 |
| Acres of potatoes | 29 |
| Acres of wheat | 147 |
| BAR AC | 24 |
| BAR BU | 192 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 192 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 672 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 199 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,790 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 610 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 23 |
| HAY AC | 334 |
| HAY TONS | 141 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 45 |
| Number of chickens | 220 |
| Number of ducks | 6 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 37 |
| Number of geese | 4 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 12 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 35 |
| Number of milk cows | 67 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 37 |
| Number of other cattle | 33 |
| Number of oxen | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 3 |
| Number of sheep | 151 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 80 |
| Number of swine | 64 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 73 |
| OAT AC | 104 |
| OAT BU | 672 |
| PEA BU | 199 |
| POT AC | 29 |
| POT BU | 3,790 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 441 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 4,040 |
| RYE BU | 67 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 141 |
| WHT AC | 147 |
| WHT SP BU | 610 |
Other recorded variables (55 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 12 |
| A 11 50 | 6 |
| A 201 PL | 8 |
| A 51 100 | 8 |
| BUTTER LB | 4,040 |
| CATTLE KS | 45 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 68 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 94 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 162 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 441 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 12 |
| DUCKS | 6 |
| FAMILIES | 37 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.40 |
| FRN CA | 236 |
| GEESE | 4 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 220 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 35 |
| HOUSES | 31 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 1 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 10 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 15 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 15 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 15 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 3 |
| HOUSES W | 31 |
| INF 11 A | 3 |
| MD FEM | 32 |
| MD MALE | 33 |
| MD TOT | 65 |
| MILK COWS | 67 |
| NAME CD | Rimouski |
| OC P | 37 |
| OC TOT | 37 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 33 |
| OTHERS | 0 |
| SHEEP | 151 |
| SHEEP KS | 80 |
| SUP AM | 1,862 |
| SUP FOR | 3,317 |
| SUP JV | 1 |
| SUP PAT | 980 |
| SUP SC | 881 |
| SUP TOT | 5,179 |
| SWINE | 64 |
| SWINE KS | 73 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 31 |
| TUR BU | 23 |
| WID FEM | 4 |
| WID MALE | 5 |
| WID TOT | 9 |
| WORKING OX | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC183010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC183010— 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). "Romieux, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/romieux-qc183010-1891/.