L’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1891 census)

L’Ange Gardien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,137. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3201973. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.942°N, 71.137°W.

Population

In 1891, L’Ange Gardien had a population of 1,137: 570 male and 567 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, L’Ange Gardien shared boundaries with:

• Beauport
• Château Richer
• Ste. Brigitte

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 1,137 total population, 570 males, 567 females, 375 married persons, 204 families, 188 married females, 187 married males, 56 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 706 single persons under 18, 355 single males under 18, 351 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,137 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 175 houses, 175 occupied houses, 106 houses built of wood, 102 houses of 1 story, 95 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 2 stories, 60 houses built of stone, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 9 houses built of brick, 8 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,385 pounds of homemade butter, 17,612 acres of land in farms, 14,579 bushels of oats, 12,402 bushels of potatoes, 8,868 acres of improved land in farms, 8,744 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,785 acres of farmland under crops, 3,904 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,347 chickens, 2,789 bushels of spring wheat, 1,946 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,791 tons of hay, 1,054 acres of oats, 877 acres of hay crops, 555 sheep, 545 swine, 452 bushels of turnips, 396 milk cows, 367 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 344 other cattle, 317 bushels of buckwheat, 317 bushels of peas, 253 acres of wheat, 244 swine slaughtered or sold, 194 sheep slaughtered or sold, 179 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 177 occupants of farms, 156 bushels of beans, 155 horses aged over 3 years, 153 farm occupants who own their land, 141 geese, 137 cattle killed or sold, 126 other fowl, 125 bushels of barley, 121 acres of potatoes, 108 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 55 bushels of corn, 49 turkeys, 47 oxen, 37 ducks, 37 horses aged 3 years and under, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 acres of barley, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 employees on farms, 3 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2 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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC172002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC178003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3201973
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ange-Gardien,_Capitale-Nationale
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Ange-Gardien_(La_C%C3%B4te-de-Beaupr%C3%A9)

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). "L’Ange Gardien, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-ange-gardien-qc172002-1891/.