Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine, Quebec (1891 census)

Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,414. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.002°N, 71.313°W.

Population

In 1891, Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine had a population of 3,414: 1,840 male and 1,574 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 Ireland, Coleraine, 1881 (33.9% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Kingsville (Thetford Mines), Village, 1901 (4.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine shared boundaries with:

• Adstock
• Garthby & d’Israëli
• Ireland N
• Ireland S & Coleraine
• St. Julien
• St. Vital de Lambton
• Thetford S

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,414 total population, 1,840 males, 1,574 females, 1,216 married persons, 625 families, 609 married males, 607 married females, 83 widowed persons, 50 widowed males, 33 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,115 single persons under 18, 1,181 single males under 18, 934 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,236 French Canadians, 178 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 400 houses, 400 occupied houses, 399 houses built of wood, 335 houses of 1 story, 90 houses of 2 rooms, 89 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 85 houses of 4 rooms, 80 houses of 3 rooms, 61 houses of 2 stories, 47 houses under construction, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 houses of 1 room, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,150 pounds of homemade butter, 7,111 acres of land in farms, 4,026 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,085 acres of improved land in farms, 1,684 bushels of oats, 1,539 acres of farmland under crops, 1,471 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,451 bushels of potatoes, 1,300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,253 chickens, 789 acres of hay crops, 692 tons of hay, 515 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 498 bushels of peas, 268 occupants of farms, 266 farm occupants who own their land, 243 horses aged over 3 years, 221 bushels of buckwheat, 199 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 175 bushels of barley, 146 milk cows, 117 acres of oats, 109 sheep, 104 bushels of spring wheat, 75 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 63 sheep slaughtered or sold, 45 bushels of rye, 41 bushels of beans, 31 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 31 swine, 26 horses aged 3 years and under, 26 other fowl, 26 swine slaughtered or sold, 21 other cattle, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 acres of wheat, 19 cattle killed or sold, 17 acres of potatoes, 16 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 acres of barley, 9 geese, 7 oxen, 3 ducks, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC168016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC168016 — 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). "Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/thetford-mines-black-lake-mines-coleraine-qc168016-1891/.