Trois-Rivières, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)
Trois-Rivières, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,107. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.345°N, 72.535°W.
Population
In 1891, Trois-Rivières, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier had a population of 1,107: 501 male and 606 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,179 |
| 1881 | 1,268 |
| 1891 | 1,107 |
| 1901 | 1,513 |
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, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,107 total population, 606 females, 501 males, 343 married persons, 192 families, 172 married males, 171 married females, 47 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 717 single persons under 18, 397 single females under 18, 320 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 988 French Canadians, 119 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 183 houses, 183 occupied houses, 142 houses built of wood, 132 houses of 2 stories, 68 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses built of brick, 31 houses of 1 story, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 3 stories, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of more than 3 stories, 5 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,565 acres of land in farms, 8,937 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 628 acres of improved land in farms, 525 chickens, 500 pounds of homemade butter, 313 acres of farmland under crops, 286 acres of farmland in pasture, 255 bushels of oats, 224 bushels of potatoes, 101 occupants of farms, 91 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 70 bushels of barley, 53 farm occupants who own their land, 47 milk cows, 46 farm occupants who rent their land, 38 horses aged over 3 years, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 bushels of turnips, 18 ducks, 16 other fowl, 16 tons of hay, 12 acres of hay crops, 10 acres of oats, 9 swine, 5 other cattle, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of potatoes, 2 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC194004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC198005— 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, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-rivi-res-ste-ursule-ward-quartier-qc194004-1891/.