Bourget & St. Charles, Quebec (1891 census)
Bourget & St. Charles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 423. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.560°N, 71.372°W.
Population
In 1891, Bourget & St. Charles had a population of 423: 226 male and 197 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 423 |
| 1901 | 634 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Péribonka, 1881 (10.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Bourget & St. Charles 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 423 total population, 226 males, 197 females, 134 married persons, 67 married females, 67 married males, 65 families, 7 widowed persons, 6.50 average size of families, 6 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 282 single persons under 18, 158 single males under 18, 124 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 422 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 50 occupied houses, 49 houses, 49 houses built of wood, 48 houses of 1 story, 15 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 4 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,323 acres of land in farms, 10,564 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,759 acres of improved land in farms, 5,290 pounds of homemade butter, 4,026 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,741 bushels of oats, 2,473 bushels of potatoes, 1,722 acres of farmland under crops, 1,621 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 835 bushels of peas, 795 bushels of barley, 665 bushels of spring wheat, 566 acres of hay crops, 503 sheep, 391 chickens, 367 tons of hay, 339 acres of oats, 276 bushels of turnips, 176 bushels of buckwheat, 175 bushels of rye, 173 sheep slaughtered or sold, 169 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 160 milk cows, 129 other cattle, 102 acres of wheat, 102 swine slaughtered or sold, 99 swine, 67 acres of barley, 60 horses aged over 3 years, 54 occupants of farms, 51 farm occupants who own their land, 45 acres of potatoes, 38 cattle killed or sold, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 horses aged 3 years and under, 24 oxen, 19 geese, 16 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 bushels of corn, 5 acres of turnips, 5 ducks, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149004— 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). "Bourget & St. Charles, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bourget-st-charles-qc149017-1891/.