St. Ambroise, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Ambroise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,706. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463285. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.089°N, 73.582°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Ambroise had a population of 1,706: 864 male and 842 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,189 |
| 1871 | 1,868 |
| 1881 | 1,786 |
| 1891 | 1,706 |
| 1901 | 1,712 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 1,459 |
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, St. Ambroise shared boundaries with:
- St. Alphonse
- St. Charles Borromée
- St. Liguori
- St. Patrice de Rawdon
- Ste. Béatrice
- Ste. Elizabeth
- Ste. Mélanie
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,706 total population, 864 males, 842 females, 557 married persons, 345 families, 280 married males, 277 married females, 70 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,079 single persons under 18, 561 single males under 18, 518 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,570 French Canadians, 136 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 308 houses, 308 occupied houses, 306 houses built of wood, 273 houses of 1 story, 102 houses of 3 rooms, 54 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 30 uninhabited houses, 28 houses of 2 stories, 27 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 93,590 pounds of homemade butter, 40,679 bushels of oats, 28,135 acres of land in farms, 18,624 acres of improved land in farms, 16,237 bushels of potatoes, 12,495 acres of farmland under crops, 9,803 chickens, 9,511 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,942 bushels of peas, 6,106 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,172 acres of hay crops, 4,871 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,346 tons of hay, 4,304 acres of oats, 2,684 bushels of spring wheat, 2,511 bushels of buckwheat, 2,383 bushels of corn, 2,254 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,972 sheep, 1,479 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,283 swine, 1,069 milk cows, 859 sheep slaughtered or sold, 753 swine slaughtered or sold, 685 other cattle, 605 bushels of barley, 595 turkeys, 553 bushels of turnips, 480 horses aged over 3 years, 325 acres of wheat, 305 occupants of farms, 282 cattle killed or sold, 278 farm occupants who own their land, 219 horses aged 3 years and under, 173 acres of potatoes, 156 ducks, 138 geese, 101 bushels of rye, 94 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 79 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 68 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 acres of barley, 42 bushels of beans, 37 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 13 other fowl, 10 oxen, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC159003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC060003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463285
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
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. Ambroise, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ambroise-qc159003-1891/.