Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,630. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.356°N, 72.549°W.
Population
In 1891, Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier had a population of 2,630: 1,227 male and 1,403 female residents. Population density was 1049.1 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, Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.40 |
| FAM NO | 486 |
| Number of families | 486 |
| Number of females | 1,403 |
| Number of males | 1,227 |
| Number of married females | 407 |
| Number of married males | 407 |
| Number of married persons | 814 |
| Number of widowed females | 105 |
| Number of widowed males | 39 |
| Number of widowed persons | 144 |
| POP F | 1,403 |
| POP M | 1,227 |
| POP TOT | 2,630 |
| Total population | 2,630 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 891 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 781 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,672 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 2,427 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 203 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 434 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 85 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 5 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 344 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 9 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 127 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 28 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 280 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 50 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 19 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 113 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 48 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 147 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 8 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of occupied houses | 434 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 19 |
Agriculture (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 11 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 71 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 426 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,855 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 566 |
| Acres of hay crops | 264 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,063 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,918 |
| Acres of oats | 169 |
| Acres of potatoes | 41 |
| Acres of turnips | 17 |
| BAR AC | 11 |
| BAR BU | 235 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 235 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 242 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,205 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 115 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,169 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,227 |
| BWT BU | 242 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 150 |
| CRN BU | 21 |
| HAY AC | 264 |
| HAY TONS | 326 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 21 |
| Number of chickens | 964 |
| Number of ducks | 69 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 132 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 44 |
| Number of geese | 17 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 87 |
| Number of milk cows | 122 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 176 |
| Number of other cattle | 14 |
| Number of other fowl | 71 |
| Number of oxen | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 148 |
| Number of sheep | 6 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 2 |
| Number of swine | 106 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 37 |
| OAT AC | 169 |
| OAT BU | 2,205 |
| PEA BU | 115 |
| POT AC | 41 |
| POT BU | 3,169 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 24 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 1,622 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 326 |
Other recorded variables (68 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 9 |
| A 11 50 | 11 |
| A 201 PL | 4 |
| A 51 100 | 4 |
| BEN BU | 19 |
| BUTTER LB | 1,622 |
| CATTLE KS | 21 |
| CHEESE LB | 20 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 891 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 781 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,672 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 24 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 69 |
| FAMILIES | 486 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.40 |
| FRN CA | 2,427 |
| GEESE | 17 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 964 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 87 |
| HOUSES | 434 |
| HOUSES B | 85 |
| HOUSES CON | 7 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 28 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 48 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 113 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 9 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 127 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 8 |
| HOUSES S | 5 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 147 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 11 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 50 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 28 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 280 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 19 |
| HOUSES W | 344 |
| INF 11 A | 148 |
| MD FEM | 407 |
| MD MALE | 407 |
| MD TOT | 814 |
| MILK COWS | 122 |
| NAME CD | Trois-Rivières |
| OC F | 44 |
| OC P | 132 |
| OC TOT | 176 |
| OTHER FOWL | 71 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 14 |
| OTHERS | 203 |
| SHEEP | 6 |
| SHEEP KS | 2 |
| SILOS | 150 |
| SUP AM | 1,063 |
| SUP FOR | 1,855 |
| SUP JV | 71 |
| SUP PAT | 426 |
| SUP SC | 566 |
| SUP TOT | 2,918 |
| SWINE | 106 |
| SWINE KS | 37 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 434 |
| TUR AC | 17 |
| TUR BU | 1,227 |
| WID FEM | 105 |
| WID MALE | 39 |
| WID TOT | 144 |
| WORKING OX | 3 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC194001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC198002 — 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). "Trois-Rivières, Notre-Dame, Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-notre-dame-ward-quartier-qc194001-1891/.