St. Alexandre, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Alexandre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,101. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461713. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.230°N, 73.114°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Alexandre had a population of 2,101: 1,078 male and 1,023 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,890 |
| 1871 | 3,303 |
| 1881 | 3,262 |
| 1891 | 2,101 |
| 1901 | 1,608 |
| 1911 | — |
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. Alexandre shared boundaries with:
- Farnham W-O
- N.-D. de Stanbridge, Village
- Notre Dame des Anges
- St. Athanase
- St. Grégoire le Grand
- St. Sébastien
- Ste. Anne de Sabrevois
- 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 2,101 total population, 1,078 males, 1,023 females, 710 married persons, 393 families, 355 married females, 355 married males, 67 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,324 single persons under 18, 699 single males under 18, 625 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,093 French Canadians, 8 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 354 houses, 354 occupied houses, 317 houses built of wood, 279 houses of 1 story, 110 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 91 houses of 3 rooms, 80 houses of 4 rooms, 73 houses of 2 stories, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 31 houses built of brick, 21 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of stone, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 135,390 pounds of homemade butter, 45,036 bushels of oats, 22,661 acres of land in farms, 21,218 acres of improved land in farms, 20,022 bushels of potatoes, 17,168 acres of farmland under crops, 11,283 acres of hay crops, 8,239 chickens, 8,146 tons of hay, 5,964 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,904 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,864 acres of oats, 3,315 bushels of corn, 2,911 bushels of buckwheat, 2,331 bushels of peas, 2,002 bushels of barley, 1,536 bushels of spring wheat, 1,443 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,278 turkeys, 1,231 sheep, 916 milk cows, 873 sheep slaughtered or sold, 790 geese, 656 horses aged over 3 years, 618 other cattle, 562 swine, 513 bushels of turnips, 324 swine slaughtered or sold, 311 occupants of farms, 286 horses aged 3 years and under, 280 farm occupants who own their land, 245 acres of wheat, 204 cattle killed or sold, 202 acres of barley, 190 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 184 acres of potatoes, 161 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 146 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 139 bushels of rye, 131 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 92 bushels of beans, 67 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 55 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 ducks, 48 oxen, 48 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 31 farm occupants who rent their land, 30 other fowl, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of winter wheat, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC157002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC196001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461713
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Alexandre,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Alexandre_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Alexandre, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexandre-qc157002-1891/.