Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Verdun, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Verdun, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 296. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.455°N, 73.576°W.
Population
In 1891, Verdun, Village had a population of 296: 150 male and 146 female residents. Population density was 113.2 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, Verdun, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 128 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.70 |
| FAM NO | 52 |
| Number of families | 52 |
| Number of females | 146 |
| Number of males | 150 |
| Number of married females | 35 |
| Number of married males | 35 |
| Number of married persons | 70 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 6 |
| POP F | 146 |
| POP M | 150 |
| POP TOT | 296 |
| Total population | 296 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 109 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 111 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 220 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 56 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 240 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 49 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 24 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 4 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 21 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 10 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 35 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 30 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 49 |
Agriculture (42 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 7 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,098 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 504 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 428 |
| Acres of hay crops | 485 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,533 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,037 |
| Acres of oats | 169 |
| Acres of potatoes | 62 |
| Acres of wheat | 30 |
| BAR AC | 4 |
| BAR BU | 200 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,475 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,525 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 282 |
| HAY AC | 485 |
| HAY TONS | 875 |
| Number of chickens | 455 |
| Number of ducks | 20 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 5 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 11 |
| Number of geese | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 76 |
| Number of milk cows | 231 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 7 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 1 |
| Number of sheep | 6 |
| Number of swine | 10 |
| OAT AC | 169 |
| OAT BU | 4,475 |
| POT AC | 62 |
| POT BU | 9,525 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 24 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 875 |
| WHT AC | 30 |
| WHT SP BU | 282 |
Other recorded variables (51 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 1 |
| A 201 PL | 3 |
| A 51 100 | 7 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 109 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 111 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 220 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 24 |
| DUCKS | 20 |
| FAMILIES | 52 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.70 |
| FRN CA | 56 |
| GEESE | 6 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 455 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 76 |
| HOUSES | 49 |
| HOUSES B | 24 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 5 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 10 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 4 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 30 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 35 |
| HOUSES W | 21 |
| INF 11 A | 1 |
| MD FEM | 35 |
| MD MALE | 35 |
| MD TOT | 70 |
| MILK COWS | 231 |
| NAME CD | Hochelaga |
| OC F | 11 |
| OC P | 5 |
| OC TOT | 16 |
| OTHERS | 240 |
| SHEEP | 6 |
| SUP AM | 1,533 |
| SUP FOR | 504 |
| SUP JV | 7 |
| SUP PAT | 1,098 |
| SUP SC | 428 |
| SUP TOT | 2,037 |
| SWINE | 10 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 49 |
| WID FEM | 2 |
| WID MALE | 4 |
| WID TOT | 6 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC155022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162020 — 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). "Verdun, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/verdun-village-qc155022-1891/.