York, Quebec (1891 census)

York was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 350. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28321524. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.784°N, 64.554°W.

Population

In 1891, York had a population of 350: 171 male and 179 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, York shared boundaries with:

• Douglas
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Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 73 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 350 total population, 179 females, 171 males, 109 married persons, 58 families, 55 married females, 54 married males, 10 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 6 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 231 single persons under 18, 117 single females under 18, 114 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 336 persons who are not French Canadian, 14 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 57 houses, 57 occupied houses, 56 houses built of wood, 54 houses of 1 story, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 11,788 pounds of homemade butter, 8,329 bushels of potatoes, 4,593 acres of land in farms, 3,943 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,622 bushels of oats, 650 acres of improved land in farms, 587 acres of farmland under crops, 518 chickens, 514 tons of hay, 480 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 462 bushels of turnips, 387 acres of hay crops, 226 bushels of barley, 166 sheep, 140 milk cows, 78 acres of oats, 74 sheep slaughtered or sold, 69 other cattle, 63 acres of farmland in pasture, 59 occupants of farms, 54 farm occupants who own their land, 51 acres of potatoes, 51 swine, 48 swine slaughtered or sold, 46 horses aged over 3 years, 32 cattle killed or sold, 31 geese, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 oxen, 20 ducks, 18 bushels of spring wheat, 17 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 acres of barley, 10 bushels of peas, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 other fowl, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC154023 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056029 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28321524

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). "York, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/york-qc154023-1891/.