Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Stanstead Plain, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Stanstead Plain, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.023°N, 72.096°W.
Population
In 1891, Stanstead Plain, Village had a population of 600: 276 male and 324 female residents. Population density was 210.7 people per square mile.
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, Stanstead Plain, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 4.50 |
| FAM NO | 134 |
| Number of families | 134 |
| Number of females | 324 |
| Number of males | 276 |
| Number of married females | 103 |
| Number of married males | 103 |
| Number of married persons | 206 |
| Number of widowed females | 28 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 37 |
| POP F | 324 |
| POP M | 276 |
| POP TOT | 600 |
| Total population | 600 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 193 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 164 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 357 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 199 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 401 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 128 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 5 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 2 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 121 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 98 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 29 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 28 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 63 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 128 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 3 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 51 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 43 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 592 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 381 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 906 |
| Acres of hay crops | 593 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,541 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,922 |
| Acres of oats | 89 |
| Acres of potatoes | 31 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| Acres of wheat | 13 |
| BAR AC | 51 |
| BAR BU | 1,822 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,822 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 72 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 266 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 213 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,456 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 23 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,467 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 315 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,981 |
| BWT BU | 266 |
| CRN BU | 213 |
| HAY AC | 593 |
| HAY TONS | 821 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 120 |
| Number of chickens | 799 |
| Number of ducks | 5 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 84 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 36 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 27 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 154 |
| Number of milk cows | 145 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 120 |
| Number of other cattle | 159 |
| Number of other fowl | 2 |
| Number of oxen | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 102 |
| Number of sheep | 31 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 51 |
| Number of swine | 244 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 274 |
| Number of turkeys | 6 |
| OAT AC | 89 |
| OAT BU | 3,456 |
| PEA BU | 23 |
| POT AC | 31 |
| POT BU | 4,467 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 324 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 9,607 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 821 |
| WHT AC | 13 |
| WHT SP BU | 315 |
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 7 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BEN BU | 72 |
| BUTTER LB | 9,607 |
| CATTLE KS | 120 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 193 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 164 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 357 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 324 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 27 |
| DUCKS | 5 |
| FAMILIES | 134 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.50 |
| FRN CA | 199 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 799 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 154 |
| HOUSES | 128 |
| HOUSES B | 5 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 29 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 5 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 98 |
| HOUSES S | 2 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 63 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 19 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 28 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 3 |
| HOUSES W | 121 |
| INF 11 A | 102 |
| MD FEM | 103 |
| MD MALE | 103 |
| MD TOT | 206 |
| MILK COWS | 145 |
| NAME CD | Stanstead |
| OC F | 36 |
| OC P | 84 |
| OC TOT | 120 |
| OTHER FOWL | 2 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 159 |
| OTHERS | 401 |
| SHEEP | 31 |
| SHEEP KS | 51 |
| SUP AM | 1,541 |
| SUP FOR | 381 |
| SUP JV | 43 |
| SUP PAT | 592 |
| SUP SC | 906 |
| SUP TOT | 1,922 |
| SWINE | 244 |
| SWINE KS | 274 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 128 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 2,981 |
| TURKEY | 6 |
| WID FEM | 28 |
| WID MALE | 9 |
| WID TOT | 37 |
| WORKING OX | 8 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC191010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC090018 — 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). "Stanstead Plain, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/stanstead-plain-village-qc191010-1891/.