Thetford, North—Nord, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Thetford, North—Nord (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Thetford, North—Nord was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,330. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.153°N, 71.190°W.

Population

In 1891, Thetford, North—Nord had a population of 1,330: 695 male and 635 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1891	1,330
1901	1,605

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, Thetford, North—Nord shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 154 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.10
FAM NO	217
Number of families	217
Number of females	635
Number of males	695
Number of married females	216
Number of married males	216
Number of married persons	432
Number of widowed females	14
Number of widowed males	7
Number of widowed persons	21
POP F	635
POP M	695
POP TOT	1,330
Total population	1,330

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	405
Number of single males under 18	472
Number of single persons under 18	877

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,193
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	137

Buildings & housing (13 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	211
Number of houses built of wood	211
Number of houses of 1 room	57
Number of houses of 1 story	198
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	52
Number of houses of 2 stories	13
Number of houses of 3 rooms	43
Number of houses of 4 rooms	32
Number of houses of 5 rooms	9
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	17
Number of occupied houses	211
Number of uninhabited houses	19

Agriculture (60 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	145
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	33
Acres of farmland in pasture	3,284
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	11,163
Acres of farmland under crops	6,065
Acres of hay crops	4,148
Acres of improved land in farms	9,382
Acres of land in farms	20,545
Acres of oats	1,062
Acres of potatoes	99
Acres of turnips	6
Acres of wheat	38
BAR AC	145
BAR BU	1,714
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	1,714
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year	3,112
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	13
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	15,720
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	231
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	9,131
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	5
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	338
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	841
BWT BU	3,112
HAY AC	4,148
HAY TONS	3,036
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	210
Number of chickens	1,889
Number of ducks	6
Number of farm occupants who own their land	196
Number of geese	3
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	57
Number of horses aged over 3 years	184
Number of milk cows	583
Number of occupants of farms	196
Number of other cattle	557
Number of other fowl	34
Number of oxen	236
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	53
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	32
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	89
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	12
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	10
Number of sheep	1,352
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	669
Number of swine	164
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	90
Number of turkeys	3
OAT AC	1,062
OAT BU	15,720
PEA BU	231
POT AC	99
POT BU	9,131
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	127
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	4,105
Pounds of homemade butter	43,215
RYE BU	5
Tons of hay produced in the past year	3,036
WHT AC	38
WHT SP BU	338

Other recorded variables (61 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	53
A 11 50	32
A 201 PL	12
A 51 100	89
BUTTER LB	43,215
CATTLE KS	210
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	405
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	472
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	877
COARSE WOOL LB	127
COLTS FILLIES	57
DUCKS	6
FAMILIES	217
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.10
FINE WOOL LB	4,105
FRN CA	1,193
GEESE	3
GRA BU	13
HENS AND CHKN	1,889
HORSES OVR THREE	184
HOUSES	211
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	9
HOUSES FOUR RM	32
HOUSES ONE RM	57
HOUSES ONE STRY	198
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	17
HOUSES THREE RM	43
HOUSES TWO RM	52
HOUSES TWO STRY	13
HOUSES UNINH	19
HOUSES W	211
INF 11 A	10
MD FEM	216
MD MALE	216
MD TOT	432
MILK COWS	583
NAME CD	Megantic
OC P	196
OC TOT	196
OTHER FOWL	34
OTHER HRN CATTLE	557
OTHERS	137
SHEEP	1,352
SHEEP KS	669
SUP AM	9,382
SUP FOR	11,163
SUP JV	33
SUP PAT	3,284
SUP SC	6,065
SUP TOT	20,545
SWINE	164
SWINE KS	90
TOT DWLG OCC	211
TUR AC	6
TUR BU	841
TURKEY	3
WID FEM	14
WID MALE	7
WID TOT	21
WORKING OX	236

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC168014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC169018 — 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, North—Nord, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/thetford-north-nord-qc168014-1891/.