Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1891 census)

Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,551. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.384°N, 77.168°W.

Population

In 1891, Unorganized Territory had a population of 1,551: 825 male and 726 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Unorganized territory—Territoire non-organisé, 1901 (71.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Timiskaming, 1901 (29.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Unorganized Territory shared boundaries with:

• Alleyn & Cawood
• Bouchette
• Duhamel & Guigues
• Maniwaki
• Mansfield & Pontefract
• NO DATA
• Wright

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,551 total population, 825 males, 726 females, 515 married persons, 298 families, 259 married males, 256 married females, 47 widowed persons, 25 widowed males, 22 widowed females, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 989 single persons under 18, 541 single males under 18, 448 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 914 persons who are not French Canadian, 637 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 279 occupied houses, 149 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 130 houses, 130 houses built of wood, 84 houses of 2 stories, 46 houses of 1 story, 36 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 29,114 bushels of potatoes, 23,024 pounds of homemade butter, 22,171 acres of land in farms, 17,925 bushels of oats, 12,907 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,674 bushels of turnips, 9,264 acres of improved land in farms, 6,542 acres of farmland under crops, 4,382 acres of hay crops, 3,226 chickens, 3,059 tons of hay, 2,689 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,282 bushels of peas, 1,104 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 937 acres of oats, 497 horses aged over 3 years, 468 other cattle, 467 bushels of spring wheat, 442 bushels of buckwheat, 427 bushels of barley, 415 milk cows, 340 sheep, 281 swine, 259 acres of potatoes, 221 swine slaughtered or sold, 197 occupants of farms, 157 farm occupants who own their land, 146 bushels of beans, 146 cattle killed or sold, 109 geese, 96 bushels of rye, 82 sheep slaughtered or sold, 68 acres of wheat, 58 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 49 acres of turnips, 48 horses aged 3 years and under, 48 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 37 acres of barley, 37 farm occupants who rent their land, 35 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 33 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 31 bushels of corn, 26 turkeys, 25 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 oxen, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 ducks, 7 other fowl, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC177023 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC177023 — 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-qc177023-1891/.