St. François, Quebec (1891 census)

St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,554. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462179. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.863°N, 70.704°W.

Population

In 1891, St. François had a population of 1,554: 748 male and 806 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, St. François shared boundaries with:

• Armagh
• Berthier
• St. Pierre
• St. Raphaël
• St. Valier

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,554 total population, 806 females, 748 males, 496 married persons, 303 families, 248 married females, 248 married males, 71 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 987 single persons under 18, 513 single females under 18, 474 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,550 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 273 houses, 273 occupied houses, 268 houses built of wood, 186 houses of 1 story, 101 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 85 houses of 2 stories, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 2 rooms, 10 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses built of brick, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,975 pounds of homemade butter, 38,174 bushels of oats, 30,657 bushels of potatoes, 26,942 acres of land in farms, 16,483 acres of improved land in farms, 12,894 acres of farmland under crops, 10,459 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,925 acres of hay crops, 5,884 tons of hay, 3,569 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,448 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,763 bushels of buckwheat, 2,754 bushels of spring wheat, 2,721 acres of oats, 1,924 chickens, 1,279 bushels of barley, 951 other cattle, 924 sheep, 909 milk cows, 763 bushels of rye, 661 swine slaughtered or sold, 623 bushels of peas, 611 sheep slaughtered or sold, 582 bushels of turnips, 575 cattle killed or sold, 562 swine, 422 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 348 horses aged over 3 years, 343 acres of wheat, 314 acres of potatoes, 250 occupants of farms, 235 farm occupants who own their land, 141 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 119 acres of barley, 114 horses aged 3 years and under, 90 oxen, 81 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 71 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 geese, 45 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 27 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 bushels of corn, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 other fowl, 6 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 4. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC171007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC074009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462179
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-la-Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Sud
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-la-Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Sud

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. François, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc171007-1891/.