Sault aux Récollets, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Sault aux Récollets (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Sault aux Récollets was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,820. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.573°N, 73.642°W.

Population

In 1891, Sault aux Récollets had a population of 1,820: 901 male and 919 female residents.

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

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Sault au Récollet, 1881 (59.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained St. Joseph de Bordeaux, 1901 (10.9% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Sault au Récollet, 1901 (75.5% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Ahuntsic, 1901 (10.4% of this CSD's polygon).
In a later year, this CSD contained Villeray, 1901 (3.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Sault aux Récollets 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 1,820 total population, 919 females, 901 males, 539 married persons, 333 families, 271 married females, 268 married males, 69 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,212 single persons under 18, 610 single males under 18, 602 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,616 French Canadians, 204 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 296 houses, 296 occupied houses, 213 houses built of wood, 158 houses of 2 stories, 127 houses of 1 story, 113 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 71 houses built of stone, 57 houses of 5 rooms, 48 houses of 4 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses built of brick, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 9 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses under construction, 5 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 69,671 bushels of potatoes, 49,030 bushels of turnips, 42,565 pounds of homemade butter, 22,046 bushels of oats, 12,586 bushels of corn, 7,616 acres of land in farms, 7,491 chickens, 7,392 acres of improved land in farms, 5,785 acres of farmland under crops, 3,539 bushels of barley, 3,196 bushels of buckwheat, 2,941 bushels of peas, 1,899 tons of hay, 1,359 acres of hay crops, 1,341 acres of oats, 1,315 acres of farmland in pasture, 569 acres of potatoes, 529 milk cows, 425 horses aged over 3 years, 385 swine, 353 bushels of spring wheat, 325 bushels of beans, 292 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 254 occupants of farms, 246 swine slaughtered or sold, 238 farm occupants who own their land, 224 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 206 acres of turnips, 167 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 166 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 158 acres of barley, 154 cattle killed or sold, 152 ducks, 130 other cattle, 81 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 73 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 turkeys, 52 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 52 sheep, 43 other fowl, 42 sheep slaughtered or sold, 36 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 34 acres of wheat, 28 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 20 geese, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC155015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC155015 — 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). "Sault aux Récollets, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/sault-aux-r-collets-qc155015-1891/.