Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 density was 7786.2 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, Ste. Ursule Ward—Quartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 136 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.80 |
| FAM NO | 192 |
| Number of families | 192 |
| Number of females | 606 |
| Number of males | 501 |
| Number of married females | 171 |
| Number of married males | 172 |
| Number of married persons | 343 |
| Number of widowed females | 38 |
| Number of widowed males | 9 |
| Number of widowed persons | 47 |
| POP F | 606 |
| POP M | 501 |
| POP TOT | 1,107 |
| Total population | 1,107 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 397 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 320 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 717 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 988 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 119 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 183 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 36 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 5 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 142 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 31 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 132 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 14 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 68 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 6 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 8 |
| Number of occupied houses | 183 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 16 |
Agriculture (42 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 29 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 286 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 8,937 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 313 |
| Acres of hay crops | 12 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 628 |
| Acres of land in farms | 9,565 |
| Acres of oats | 10 |
| Acres of potatoes | 2 |
| BAR AC | 3 |
| BAR BU | 70 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 70 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 255 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 224 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 29 |
| HAY AC | 12 |
| HAY TONS | 16 |
| Number of chickens | 525 |
| Number of ducks | 18 |
| Number of employees on farms | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 53 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 46 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 38 |
| Number of milk cows | 47 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 101 |
| Number of other cattle | 5 |
| Number of other fowl | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 91 |
| Number of sheep | 1 |
| Number of swine | 9 |
| OAT AC | 10 |
| OAT BU | 255 |
| POT AC | 2 |
| POT BU | 224 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 4 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 500 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 16 |
Other recorded variables (57 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 2 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| A 201 PL | 5 |
| A 51 100 | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 500 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 397 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 320 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 717 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 4 |
| DUCKS | 18 |
| FAMILIES | 192 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.80 |
| FRN CA | 988 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 525 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 38 |
| HOUSES | 183 |
| HOUSES B | 36 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 16 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 14 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 46 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 31 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 6 |
| HOUSES S | 5 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 68 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 19 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 14 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 132 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 16 |
| HOUSES W | 142 |
| INF 11 A | 91 |
| MD FEM | 171 |
| MD MALE | 172 |
| MD TOT | 343 |
| MILK COWS | 47 |
| NAME CD | Trois-Rivières |
| OC E | 2 |
| OC F | 46 |
| OC P | 53 |
| OC TOT | 101 |
| OTHER FOWL | 16 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 5 |
| OTHERS | 119 |
| SHEEP | 1 |
| SUP AM | 628 |
| SUP FOR | 8,937 |
| SUP JV | 29 |
| SUP PAT | 286 |
| SUP SC | 313 |
| SUP TOT | 9,565 |
| SWINE | 9 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 183 |
| TUR BU | 29 |
| WID FEM | 38 |
| WID MALE | 9 |
| WID TOT | 47 |
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/.