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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q2936964

Cap St. Ignace, Quebec (1891 census)

Cap St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,539. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2936964. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.346°W.

Population

In 1891, Cap St. Ignace had a population of 3,539: 1,786 male and 1,753 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18913,539
19013,519
19113,648
19213,190

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Cap St. Ignace shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,539 total population, 1,786 males, 1,753 females, 1,144 married persons, 676 families, 572 married females, 572 married males, 153 widowed persons, 87 widowed females, 66 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,242 single persons under 18, 1,148 single males under 18, 1,094 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,539 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 587 houses, 587 occupied houses, 583 houses built of wood, 433 houses of 1 story, 204 houses of 4 rooms, 202 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 153 houses of 2 stories, 60 houses of 3 rooms, 53 houses of 2 rooms, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 30 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 60,810 bushels of potatoes, 54,202 pounds of homemade butter, 33,402 bushels of oats, 29,921 acres of land in farms, 17,347 acres of improved land in farms, 12,574 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,959 acres of farmland under crops, 6,199 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,807 bushels of spring wheat, 4,450 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,154 tons of hay, 3,489 acres of hay crops, 2,766 chickens, 1,816 bushels of rye, 1,731 bushels of turnips, 1,636 acres of oats, 1,369 milk cows, 1,200 sheep, 1,140 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,022 bushels of peas, 938 swine, 774 bushels of barley, 592 sheep slaughtered or sold, 589 other cattle, 579 acres of wheat, 571 occupants of farms, 503 farm occupants who own their land, 502 horses aged over 3 years, 498 acres of potatoes, 379 bushels of buckwheat, 301 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 215 cattle killed or sold, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 189 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 168 bushels of beans, 120 horses aged 3 years and under, 91 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 89 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 87 geese, 78 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 62 farm occupants who rent their land, 61 bushels of corn, 56 acres of barley, 55 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 51 other fowl, 46 oxen, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 12 acres of turnips, 11 ducks, 8 turkeys, 6 employees on farms, Capacity of silos (tons): 5. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Cap St. Ignace, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-st-ignace-qc171001-1891/.