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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

St. Alphonse & Bagotville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Alphonse & Bagotville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,470. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.363°N, 70.908°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Alphonse & Bagotville, Village had a population of 1,470: 762 male and 714 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Alphonse & Bagotville, Village shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,470 total population, 762 males, 714 females, 452 married persons, 227 married females, 225 married males, 213 families, 41 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 6.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 983 single persons under 18, 521 single males under 18, 462 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,469 French Canadians, 7 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 192 houses, 192 occupied houses, 190 houses built of wood, 164 houses of 1 story, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 33 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 2 stories, 24 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,176 acres of land in farms, 19,331 bushels of oats, 13,584 pounds of homemade butter, 13,297 acres of improved land in farms, 13,063 bushels of potatoes, 10,879 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,772 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,496 acres of farmland under crops, 4,094 bushels of spring wheat, 3,374 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,196 acres of hay crops, 1,755 tons of hay, 1,611 acres of oats, 1,607 bushels of peas, 1,574 chickens, 1,334 sheep, 1,277 bushels of barley, 898 sheep slaughtered or sold, 838 milk cows, 812 bushels of buckwheat, 795 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 683 acres of wheat, 562 bushels of turnips, 498 swine slaughtered or sold, 440 other cattle, 416 swine, 385 cattle killed or sold, 308 geese, 263 horses aged over 3 years, 179 occupants of farms, 158 farm occupants who own their land, 138 acres of potatoes, 117 acres of barley, 84 horses aged 3 years and under, 55 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 bushels of rye, 40 oxen, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 34 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 other fowl, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 16 bushels of corn, 15 turkeys, 13 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 ducks, 5 bushels of beans, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 employees on farms. (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. Alphonse & Bagotville, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alphonse-bagotville-village-qc149014-1891/.