St. Aimé, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Aimé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,481. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.911°N, 72.957°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Aimé had a population of 2,481: 1,259 male and 1,222 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,310 |
| 1861 | 3,368 |
| 1871 | 3,150 |
| 1881 | 2,254 |
| 1891 | 2,481 |
| 1901 | 1,967 |
| 1911 | 1,088 |
| 1921 | 879 |
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. Aimé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,481 total population, 1,259 males, 1,222 females, 862 married persons, 434 married males, 428 married females, 375 families, 73 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,546 single persons under 18, 795 single males under 18, 751 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,481 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 300 houses, 300 occupied houses, 288 houses built of wood, 258 houses of 1 story, 92 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 73 houses of 3 rooms, 65 uninhabited houses, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 2 stories, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 55,075 bushels of oats, 31,220 pounds of homemade butter, 19,654 acres of land in farms, 16,516 acres of improved land in farms, 14,979 bushels of potatoes, 12,561 acres of farmland under crops, 8,104 bushels of buckwheat, 4,942 acres of oats, 4,761 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,650 chickens, 3,812 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,724 acres of hay crops, 3,484 bushels of spring wheat, 3,138 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,608 tons of hay, 2,413 bushels of barley, 2,206 bushels of peas, 1,472 sheep, 1,029 other cattle, 985 bushels of corn, 923 milk cows, 852 swine, 820 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 762 swine slaughtered or sold, 721 sheep slaughtered or sold, 584 horses aged over 3 years, 535 acres of wheat, 408 cattle killed or sold, 355 occupants of farms, 304 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 229 geese, 221 acres of barley, 185 farm occupants who own their land, 175 horses aged 3 years and under, 149 acres of potatoes, 143 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 143 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 113 bushels of beans, 107 employees on farms, 100 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 99 turkeys, 66 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 63 farm occupants who rent their land, 47 other fowl, 44 bushels of turnips, 41 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 30 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 21 oxen, 16 ducks, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC181002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC082001_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461692
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Aim%C3%A9,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Aim%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). "St. Aimé, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-aim-qc181002-1891/.