St. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 988. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.708°N, 72.589°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin had a population of 988: 523 male and 465 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Félicien, 1881 (45.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Félicien, Ashuapmuchuan & Demeules, 1901 (49.2% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dufferin, 1901 (50.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin shared boundaries with:
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 988 total population, 523 males, 465 females, 313 married persons, 157 married males, 156 married females, 155 families, 12 widowed persons, 6.40 average size of families, 6 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 663 single persons under 18, 360 single males under 18, 303 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 988 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 140 occupied houses, 124 houses, 123 houses built of wood, 114 houses of 1 story, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 27 houses of 1 room, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 16 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 10 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses under construction, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 18,803 acres of land in farms, 16,233 pounds of homemade butter, 12,839 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,491 bushels of potatoes, 10,256 bushels of oats, 5,964 acres of improved land in farms, 5,157 bushels of spring wheat, 4,456 bushels of peas, 3,863 acres of farmland under crops, 2,981 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,065 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,543 bushels of turnips, 1,083 chickens, 1,030 tons of hay, 904 sheep, 892 bushels of barley, 727 acres of hay crops, 689 acres of oats, 498 acres of wheat, 427 bushels of rye, 423 milk cows, 335 sheep slaughtered or sold, 294 other cattle, 286 bushels of buckwheat, 267 swine slaughtered or sold, 200 swine, 176 horses aged over 3 years, 155 cattle killed or sold, 152 occupants of farms, 148 farm occupants who own their land, 76 acres of potatoes, 59 acres of barley, 56 oxen, 55 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 43 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 bushels of winter wheat, 39 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 39 geese, 36 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of corn, 9 acres of turnips, 8 other fowl, 7 ducks, 6 turkeys, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149020— 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). "St. Félicien, Ashuapmouchouan N, Desmeules & Dufferin, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-f-licien-ashuapmouchouan-n-desmeules-dufferin-qc149020-1891/.