St. Laurent, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Laurent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,993. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.502°N, 73.700°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Laurent had a population of 1,993: 1,004 male and 989 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,623 |
| 1861 | 2,906 |
| 1871 | 2,911 |
| 1881 | 3,084 |
| 1891 | 1,993 |
| 1901 | 2,341 |
| 1911 | — |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Présentation de la Ste. Vierge, 1901 (14.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Laurent, 1901 (85.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Laurent shared boundaries with:
- Côte des Neiges, Village
- Lachine
- Montreal, St. Denis, Ward—Quartier
- Montréal, Laurier ward-quartier
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Village
- Outremont, C
- Sault aux Récollets
- St. Joachim de la Pointe Claire
- St. Laurent, T-V
- Ste. Geneviève
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,993 total population, 1,004 males, 989 females, 661 married persons, 378 families, 331 married males, 330 married females, 80 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,252 single persons under 18, 640 single males under 18, 612 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,730 French Canadians, 263 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 350 houses, 350 occupied houses, 234 houses built of wood, 173 houses of 1 story, 172 houses of 2 stories, 105 houses of 4 rooms, 90 houses built of stone, 84 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 71 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 2 rooms, 40 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses built of brick, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 203,109 bushels of potatoes, 118,074 pounds of homemade butter, 49,416 bushels of oats, 31,479 bushels of turnips, 17,723 acres of land in farms, 16,543 acres of improved land in farms, 12,585 acres of farmland under crops, 12,264 bushels of barley, 6,437 tons of hay, 6,223 bushels of buckwheat, 5,999 chickens, 4,236 acres of hay crops, 3,549 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,509 acres of oats, 2,935 bushels of peas, 2,044 bushels of spring wheat, 1,566 bushels of corn, 1,413 milk cows, 1,392 acres of potatoes, 1,180 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 870 horses aged over 3 years, 677 swine, 659 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 650 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 592 cattle killed or sold, 554 acres of barley, 409 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 354 bushels of beans, 346 turkeys, 325 occupants of farms, 296 horses aged 3 years and under, 272 other cattle, 263 farm occupants who own their land, 229 other fowl, 225 swine slaughtered or sold, 182 acres of wheat, 154 ducks, 137 sheep, 129 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 95 acres of turnips, 95 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 farm occupants who rent their land, 55 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 36 geese, 31 sheep slaughtered or sold, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Duclos de Celles | 1843–1925 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC158009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162008_1911— 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. Laurent, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-qc158009-1891/.