Varennes, Quebec (1891 census)

Varennes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,599. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142014. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.680°N, 73.394°W.

Population

In 1891, Varennes had a population of 1,599: 844 male and 755 female residents.

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, Varennes shared boundaries with:

• Boucherville
• Ste. Julie
• Varennes, Village
• Verchères

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 1,599 total population, 844 males, 755 females, 495 married persons, 253 families, 249 married males, 246 married females, 56 widowed persons, 32 widowed males, 24 widowed females, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,048 single persons under 18, 563 single males under 18, 485 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,599 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 251 houses, 251 occupied houses, 237 houses of 1 story, 163 houses built of wood, 116 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 81 houses built of stone, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 62 houses of 5 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 106,921 bushels of oats, 103,053 pounds of homemade butter, 28,332 acres of land in farms, 24,434 acres of improved land in farms, 23,066 bushels of potatoes, 20,673 acres of farmland under crops, 13,102 tons of hay, 12,268 bushels of peas, 12,166 acres of hay crops, 7,852 bushels of barley, 6,256 bushels of turnips, 5,988 acres of oats, 5,584 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,880 chickens, 3,898 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,702 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,916 bushels of buckwheat, 1,871 sheep, 1,384 bushels of spring wheat, 1,002 sheep slaughtered or sold, 958 bushels of corn, 816 horses aged over 3 years, 812 milk cows, 797 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 653 swine, 629 other fowl, 619 swine slaughtered or sold, 612 other cattle, 600 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 358 acres of barley, 310 cattle killed or sold, 277 turkeys, 253 acres of potatoes, 245 horses aged 3 years and under, 227 bushels of beans, 227 occupants of farms, 174 farm occupants who own their land, 121 geese, 101 acres of wheat, 93 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 83 ducks, 59 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 51 farm occupants who rent their land, 47 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 40 bushels of winter wheat, 40 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 31 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 9, 2 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC196007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142014
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varennes,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varennes_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Varennes, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/varennes-qc196007-1891/.