St. Honoré de Shenley, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Honoré de Shenley was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,578. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462420. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.967°N, 70.812°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Honoré de Shenley had a population of 1,578: 798 male and 780 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,578 |
| 1901 | 1,844 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 2,114 |
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 Shenley, 1881 (73.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Honoré de Shenley shared boundaries with:
- Shenley, Jersey, Dorset & Marlow
- St. Benoit Labre
- St. Ephrem de Tring
- St. Evariste de Forsyth
- St. Martin
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,578 total population, 798 males, 780 females, 507 married persons, 271 families, 255 married females, 252 married males, 45 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,026 single persons under 18, 525 single males under 18, 501 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,577 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 237 houses, 237 houses built of wood, 237 occupied houses, 203 houses of 1 story, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 62 uninhabited houses, 61 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 31 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 2 stories, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 3 stories, 8 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 29,799 acres of land in farms, 26,611 pounds of homemade butter, 24,969 bushels of oats, 16,265 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,534 acres of improved land in farms, 11,811 bushels of potatoes, 7,142 bushels of buckwheat, 6,801 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,712 acres of farmland under crops, 5,020 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,287 acres of hay crops, 2,446 acres of oats, 2,217 tons of hay, 2,210 chickens, 2,039 bushels of barley, 1,618 bushels of spring wheat, 1,496 sheep, 1,300 bushels of peas, 1,008 sheep slaughtered or sold, 818 bushels of turnips, 803 milk cows, 561 other cattle, 478 swine slaughtered or sold, 352 cattle killed or sold, 338 oxen, 327 swine, 279 farm occupants who own their land, 279 occupants of farms, 244 horses aged over 3 years, 231 acres of barley, 191 acres of wheat, 149 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 136 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 119 horses aged 3 years and under, 111 acres of potatoes, 59 bushels of rye, 56 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 bushels of winter wheat, 26 bushels of beans, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 18 acres of turnips, 10 other fowl, 10 turkeys, 4 geese, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC139010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040012_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462420
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Honor%C3%A9-de-Shenley
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Honor%C3%A9-de-Shenley
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. Honoré de Shenley, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-honor-de-shenley-qc139010-1891/.