St. Roch, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Roch was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,048. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.850°N, 73.623°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Roch had a population of 2,048: 1,014 male and 1,034 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,802 |
| 1861 | 2,784 |
| 1871 | 2,523 |
| 1881 | 2,290 |
| 1891 | 2,048 |
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. Roch shared boundaries with:
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 2,048 total population, 1,034 females, 1,014 males, 660 married persons, 385 families, 330 married females, 330 married males, 86 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,302 single persons under 18, 654 single females under 18, 648 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,043 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 368 houses, 368 occupied houses, 321 houses built of wood, 268 houses of 1 story, 174 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 98 houses of 2 stories, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 30 houses built of stone, 17 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,364 pounds of homemade butter, 51,374 bushels of oats, 29,003 acres of land in farms, 26,996 bushels of potatoes, 23,639 acres of improved land in farms, 15,889 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,523 bushels of peas, 10,098 bushels of buckwheat, 7,432 acres of farmland under crops, 7,047 acres of oats, 5,418 chickens, 5,364 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,884 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,808 tons of hay, 4,759 bushels of spring wheat, 3,751 acres of hay crops, 2,565 bushels of corn, 1,743 bushels of barley, 1,495 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,149 swine, 1,144 sheep, 1,073 milk cows, 920 turkeys, 843 acres of wheat, 838 bushels of beans, 780 horses aged over 3 years, 631 bushels of turnips, 567 other cattle, 515 swine slaughtered or sold, 473 acres of potatoes, 384 farm occupants who own their land, 384 occupants of farms, 318 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 291 sheep slaughtered or sold, 204 acres of barley, 203 horses aged 3 years and under, 145 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 143 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 135 oxen, 128 geese, 112 cattle killed or sold, 97 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 92 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 86 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 49 other fowl, 40 ducks, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 15 bushels of rye, 8 acres of turnips. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Isidore-Joseph-Amédée Marsan | 1844–1924 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC162010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162010_1871— 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. Roch, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-qc162010-1891/.