St. Romuald, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Romuald was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,545. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.739°N, 71.251°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Romuald had a population of 3,545: 1,752 male and 1,793 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. Romuald shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean Chrysostôme

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,545 total population, 1,793 females, 1,752 males, 1,123 married persons, 632 families, 563 married females, 560 married males, 134 widowed persons, 86 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,288 single persons under 18, 1,144 single females under 18, 1,144 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,413 French Canadians, 132 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 624 houses, 624 occupied houses, 596 houses built of wood, 507 houses of 1 story, 180 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 151 houses of 4 rooms, 133 houses of 3 rooms, 113 houses of 2 stories, 72 houses of 5 rooms, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 36 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 1 room, 9 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,900 pounds of homemade butter, 4,845 acres of land in farms, 3,837 bushels of oats, 3,764 bushels of potatoes, 2,606 chickens, 2,500 acres of improved land in farms, 2,345 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,542 acres of farmland under crops, 986 acres of hay crops, 976 tons of hay, 926 acres of farmland in pasture, 781 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 566 bushels of turnips, 412 acres of oats, 289 swine, 199 milk cows, 187 swine slaughtered or sold, 165 sheep, 150 horses aged over 3 years, 133 bushels of buckwheat, 124 other cattle, 111 bushels of peas, 111 ducks, 84 occupants of farms, 72 sheep slaughtered or sold, 71 farm occupants who own their land, 59 cattle killed or sold, 47 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 41 acres of potatoes, 41 bushels of barley, 37 geese, 32 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 29 bushels of beans, 27 oxen, 25 bushels of spring wheat, 20 turkeys, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 10 bushels of rye, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 acres of barley, 4 acres of wheat. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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: QC164012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC066012 — 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. Romuald, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-romuald-qc164012-1891/.