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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

Trois-Rivières (part), Quebec (1891 census)

Trois-Rivières (part) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.328°N, 72.604°W.

Population

In 1891, Trois-Rivières (part) had a population of 500: 242 male and 258 female residents. Population density was 35.6 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1881626
1891500
1891295

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Trois-Rivières (part) shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 159 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families6.60
FAM NO76
Number of families76
Number of females258
Number of males242
Number of married females79
Number of married males80
Number of married persons159
Number of widowed females7
Number of widowed males3
Number of widowed persons10
POP F258
POP M242
POP TOT500
Total population500
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18172
Number of single males under 18159
Number of single persons under 18331
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians500
Buildings & housing (14 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses76
Number of houses built of brick1
Number of houses built of stone1
Number of houses built of wood74
Number of houses of 1 story36
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms1
Number of houses of 2 rooms4
Number of houses of 2 stories40
Number of houses of 3 rooms5
Number of houses of 4 rooms5
Number of houses of 5 rooms18
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms43
Number of occupied houses76
Number of uninhabited houses14
Agriculture (62 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley46
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards16
Acres of farmland in pasture676
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest3,168
Acres of farmland under crops3,878
Acres of hay crops2,348
Acres of improved land in farms4,570
Acres of land in farms7,738
Acres of oats693
Acres of potatoes56
Acres of turnips11
Acres of wheat43
BAR AC46
BAR BU954
Bushels of barley produced in the past year954
Bushels of beans produced in the past year46
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year3,846
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year32
Bushels of corn produced in the past year267
Bushels of oats produced in the past year15,841
Bushels of peas produced in the past year299
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year6,668
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year533
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year3,502
BWT BU3,846
CRN BU267
HAY AC2,348
HAY TONS3,073
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year110
Number of chickens1,231
Number of ducks8
Number of farm occupants who own their land65
Number of farm occupants who rent their land7
Number of geese1
Number of horses aged 3 years and under42
Number of horses aged over 3 years142
Number of milk cows248
Number of occupants of farms72
Number of other cattle179
Number of other fowl33
Number of oxen2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres25
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres11
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres19
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres11
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres6
Number of sheep207
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold135
Number of swine101
Number of swine slaughtered or sold143
Number of turkeys12
OAT AC693
OAT BU15,841
PEA BU299
POT AC56
POT BU6,668
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year1,017
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year26
Pounds of homemade butter23,359
Tons of hay produced in the past year3,073
WHT AC43
WHT SP BU533
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20025
A 11 5011
A 201 PL11
A 51 10019
BEN BU46
BUTTER LB23,359
CATTLE KS110
CHILD AND UNMD FEM172
CHILD AND UNMD MALE159
CHILD AND UNMD TOT331
COARSE WOOL LB1,017
COLTS FILLIES42
DUCKS8
FAMILIES76
FAMILIES AV SIZE6.60
FINE WOOL LB26
FRN CA500
GEESE1
GRA BU32
HENS AND CHKN1,231
HORSES OVR THREE142
HOUSES76
HOUSES B1
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM1
HOUSES FIVE RM18
HOUSES FOUR RM5
HOUSES ONE STRY36
HOUSES S1
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM43
HOUSES THREE RM5
HOUSES TWO RM4
HOUSES TWO STRY40
HOUSES UNINH14
HOUSES W74
INF 11 A6
MD FEM79
MD MALE80
MD TOT159
MILK COWS248
NAME CDTrois-Rivières
OC F7
OC P65
OC TOT72
OTHER FOWL33
OTHER HRN CATTLE179
OTHERS0
SHEEP207
SHEEP KS135
SUP AM4,570
SUP FOR3,168
SUP JV16
SUP PAT676
SUP SC3,878
SUP TOT7,738
SWINE101
SWINE KS143
TOT DWLG OCC76
TUR AC11
TUR BU3,502
TURKEY12
WID FEM7
WID MALE3
WID TOT10
WORKING OX2

Identifiers

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 (part), Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-part-qc194005-1891/.