Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1891 census)
Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,234. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.151°N, 72.782°W.
Population
In 1891, Unorganized Territory had a population of 1,234: 667 male and 567 female residents.
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Unorganized Territory, 1881 (88.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Unorganized Territory shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,234 total population, 667 males, 567 females, 436 married persons, 256 families, 218 married females, 218 married males, 16 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 5 widowed females, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 782 single persons under 18, 438 single males under 18, 344 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 738 persons who are not French Canadian, 496 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 256 occupied houses, 145 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 111 houses, 111 houses built of wood, 110 houses of 1 story, 41 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses of 1 room, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,936 acres of land in farms, 17,334 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,323 pounds of homemade butter, 9,589 bushels of oats, 9,283 bushels of potatoes, 4,602 acres of improved land in farms, 4,114 acres of farmland under crops, 1,964 bushels of buckwheat, 1,586 chickens, 1,338 bushels of peas, 1,124 acres of hay crops, 1,035 tons of hay, 843 bushels of turnips, 674 acres of oats, 481 acres of farmland in pasture, 429 bushels of barley, 428 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 403 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 375 sheep, 257 other cattle, 234 milk cows, 224 swine, 155 bushels of spring wheat, 139 bushels of corn, 125 horses aged over 3 years, 122 occupants of farms, 105 farm occupants who own their land, 105 sheep slaughtered or sold, 95 acres of potatoes, 67 cattle killed or sold, 63 swine slaughtered or sold, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 37 acres of barley, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 33 oxen, 27 other fowl, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 22 acres of wheat, 15 employees on farms, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 acres of turnips, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 ducks, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 bushels of beans, 4 geese, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC146018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC146018— 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). "Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/unorganized-territory-qc146018-1891/.