St. Adolphe, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Adolphe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 352. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.739°N, 72.410°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Adolphe had a population of 352: 184 male and 168 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Stanislas, 1881 (55.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Adelphe, 1901 (87.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Adolphe shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 352 total population, 184 males, 168 females, 116 married persons, 58 married females, 58 married males, 56 families, 14 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 6.30 average size of families, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 222 single persons under 18, 122 single males under 18, 100 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 304 French Canadians, 48 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 55 occupied houses, 53 houses, 53 houses built of wood, 52 houses of 1 story, 31 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,745 pounds of homemade butter, 4,821 acres of land in farms, 3,312 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,107 bushels of oats, 2,815 bushels of potatoes, 1,509 acres of improved land in farms, 993 acres of farmland under crops, 732 bushels of turnips, 682 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 576 chickens, 513 acres of farmland in pasture, 491 bushels of buckwheat, 302 acres of oats, 301 other fowl, 275 sheep, 269 acres of hay crops, 269 tons of hay, 266 bushels of peas, 181 bushels of spring wheat, 125 bushels of corn, 115 milk cows, 111 swine, 86 sheep slaughtered or sold, 82 swine slaughtered or sold, 78 other cattle, 60 bushels of barley, 51 farm occupants who own their land, 51 occupants of farms, 50 horses aged over 3 years, 40 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 38 acres of potatoes, 30 cattle killed or sold, 30 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 27 acres of wheat, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 bushels of rye, 7 acres of turnips, 6 acres of barley, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 oxen, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC146004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC146004— 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). "St. Adolphe, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-adolphe-qc146004-1891/.