St. Adolphe, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Adolphe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 352. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.739°N, 72.410°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Adolphe had a population of 352: 184 male and 168 female residents. Population density was 5.6 people per square mile.
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 St. Stanislas, 1881 (55.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Adelphe, 1901 (87.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Adolphe shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 150 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 6.30 |
| FAM NO | 56 |
| Number of families | 56 |
| Number of females | 168 |
| Number of males | 184 |
| Number of married females | 58 |
| Number of married males | 58 |
| Number of married persons | 116 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 14 |
| POP F | 168 |
| POP M | 184 |
| POP TOT | 352 |
| Total population | 352 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 100 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 122 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 222 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 304 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 48 |
Buildings & housing (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties | 2 |
| Number of houses | 53 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 53 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 52 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 15 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 3 |
| Number of occupied houses | 55 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 31 |
Agriculture (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 6 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 513 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,312 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 993 |
| Acres of hay crops | 269 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,509 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,821 |
| Acres of oats | 302 |
| Acres of potatoes | 38 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 27 |
| BAR AC | 6 |
| BAR BU | 60 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 60 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 491 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 125 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,107 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 266 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,815 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 181 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 732 |
| BWT BU | 491 |
| CRN BU | 125 |
| HAY AC | 269 |
| HAY TONS | 269 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 30 |
| Number of chickens | 576 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 51 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 50 |
| Number of milk cows | 115 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 51 |
| Number of other cattle | 78 |
| Number of other fowl | 301 |
| Number of oxen | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 30 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 3 |
| Number of sheep | 275 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 86 |
| Number of swine | 111 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 82 |
| OAT AC | 302 |
| OAT BU | 3,107 |
| PEA BU | 266 |
| POT AC | 38 |
| POT BU | 2,815 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 40 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 682 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 6,745 |
| RYE BU | 10 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 269 |
| WHT AC | 27 |
| WHT SP BU | 181 |
Other recorded variables (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 11 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| A 201 PL | 4 |
| A 51 100 | 30 |
| BEN BU | 3 |
| BUTTER LB | 6,745 |
| CATTLE KS | 30 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 100 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 122 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 222 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 40 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| FAMILIES | 56 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.30 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 682 |
| FRN CA | 304 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 576 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 50 |
| HOUSES | 53 |
| HOUSES CON | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 6 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 15 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 52 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 21 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 31 |
| HOUSES W | 53 |
| INF 11 A | 3 |
| MD FEM | 58 |
| MD MALE | 58 |
| MD TOT | 116 |
| MILK COWS | 115 |
| NAME CD | Champlain |
| OC P | 51 |
| OC TOT | 51 |
| OTHER FOWL | 301 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 78 |
| OTHERS | 48 |
| SHEEP | 275 |
| SHEEP KS | 86 |
| SUP AM | 1,509 |
| SUP FOR | 3,312 |
| SUP JV | 3 |
| SUP PAT | 513 |
| SUP SC | 993 |
| SUP TOT | 4,821 |
| SWINE | 111 |
| SWINE KS | 82 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 55 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 732 |
| VESS AND SHAN | 2 |
| WID FEM | 10 |
| WID MALE | 4 |
| WID TOT | 14 |
| WORKING OX | 2 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC146004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC146004— 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. Adolphe, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-adolphe-qc146004-1891/.