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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3461677

St. Agapit, VL, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Agapit, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,001. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461677. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.534°N, 71.461°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Agapit, VL had a population of 1,001: 500 male and 501 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871657
1881854
18911,001
19011,094
19111,109
1921410

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. Agapit, VL shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,001 total population, 501 females, 500 males, 340 married persons, 172 married males, 168 married females, 167 families, 18 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 8 widowed females, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 643 single persons under 18, 325 single females under 18, 318 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,001 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 158 houses, 158 houses built of wood, 158 occupied houses, 146 houses of 1 story, 36 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 32 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,173 pounds of homemade butter, 15,773 bushels of potatoes, 15,198 acres of land in farms, 9,877 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,334 bushels of oats, 5,321 acres of improved land in farms, 3,122 acres of farmland under crops, 2,185 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,987 acres of hay crops, 1,965 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,474 chickens, 1,294 tons of hay, 951 bushels of buckwheat, 940 acres of oats, 666 bushels of spring wheat, 468 sheep, 464 swine slaughtered or sold, 452 milk cows, 290 sheep slaughtered or sold, 266 bushels of barley, 230 other cattle, 203 swine, 158 bushels of peas, 140 farm occupants who own their land, 140 occupants of farms, 136 acres of potatoes, 131 cattle killed or sold, 131 horses aged over 3 years, 124 bushels of turnips, 111 acres of wheat, 103 oxen, 65 bushels of rye, 61 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 47 horses aged 3 years and under, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 41 bushels of corn, 33 bushels of beans, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 acres of barley, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 ducks, 6 other fowl, 5 turkeys, 3 geese, 2 acres of turnips. (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). "St. Agapit, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-agapit-vl-qc166001-1891/.