Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Unorganized Territory (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,278. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.349°N, 75.142°W.

Population

In 1891, Unorganized Territory had a population of 1,278: 657 male and 621 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 NO DATA, 1881 (33.1% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained La Minerve, 1901 (9.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Montigny, 1901 (13.3% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Turgeon, 1901 (10.1% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Loranger, 1901 (11.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Unorganized Territory shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,278 total population, 657 males, 621 females, 347 families, 331 married persons, 166 married males, 165 married females, 5 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 3.70 average size of families, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 942 single persons under 18, 487 single males under 18, 455 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,031 persons who are not French Canadian, 247 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 344 occupied houses, 313 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 31 houses, 31 houses built of wood, 26 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 14,191 acres of land in farms, 12,345 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,785 pounds of homemade butter, 5,585 bushels of turnips, 4,595 bushels of potatoes, 2,319 bushels of oats, 1,938 bushels of buckwheat, 1,846 acres of improved land in farms, 1,453 acres of farmland under crops, 652 tons of hay, 617 acres of hay crops, 616 chickens, 605 bushels of peas, 447 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 368 acres of farmland in pasture, 321 bushels of barley, 179 acres of oats, 146 bushels of spring wheat, 120 milk cows, 120 sheep, 115 other cattle, 113 bushels of rye, 83 bushels of corn, 83 swine, 82 swine slaughtered or sold, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 49 acres of potatoes, 46 horses aged over 3 years, 46 occupants of farms, 43 oxen, 39 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 farm occupants who own their land, 33 acres of turnips, 26 acres of wheat, 25 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 23 acres of barley, 20 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 sheep slaughtered or sold, 14 bushels of beans, 12 cattle killed or sold, 8 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 bushels of winter wheat, 2 employees on farms, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC176046 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC176046 — 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-qc176046-1891/.