St. Alexis, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Alexis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,689. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.208°N, 70.763°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Alexis had a population of 1,689: 877 male and 812 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 contained St. Alexis, 1881 (48.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Grande Baie, St. Alexis, Otis, Hébert, Ferland & Simon, 1901 (60.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Alexis 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 1,689 total population, 877 males, 812 females, 499 married persons, 261 families, 250 married females, 249 married males, 56 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 6.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,134 single persons under 18, 612 single males under 18, 522 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,679 French Canadians, 10 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 228 occupied houses, 227 houses, 224 houses built of wood, 221 houses of 1 story, 57 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 42 houses of 4 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 1 room, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,993 acres of land in farms, 14,628 bushels of potatoes, 14,531 pounds of homemade butter, 13,440 bushels of oats, 9,843 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,150 acres of improved land in farms, 4,171 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,961 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,952 acres of farmland under crops, 3,332 bushels of spring wheat, 2,488 bushels of peas, 2,252 bushels of turnips, 1,844 tons of hay, 1,764 acres of hay crops, 1,395 chickens, 1,172 acres of oats, 1,009 bushels of barley, 991 sheep, 626 milk cows, 550 sheep slaughtered or sold, 505 acres of wheat, 457 swine slaughtered or sold, 394 other cattle, 389 bushels of buckwheat, 340 swine, 259 horses aged over 3 years, 242 cattle killed or sold, 183 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 182 bushels of rye, 168 occupants of farms, 167 geese, 146 farm occupants who own their land, 129 acres of potatoes, 80 acres of barley, 77 oxen, 76 horses aged 3 years and under, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 44 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 33 bushels of beans, 27 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 ducks, 13 turkeys, 12 acres of turnips, 10 bushels of corn, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149013— 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. Alexis, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alexis-qc149013-1891/.