St. Ambroise, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Ambroise, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 875. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.855°N, 71.367°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Ambroise, Village had a population of 875: 393 male and 482 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 875 |
| 1901 | 1,555 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 was contained in St. Ambroise, 1881 (4.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Ambroise, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 875 total population, 482 females, 393 males, 310 married persons, 188 families, 156 married females, 154 married males, 51 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 4.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 514 single persons under 18, 282 single females under 18, 232 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 848 French Canadians, 27 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 156 occupied houses, 155 houses, 149 houses built of wood, 134 houses of 1 story, 46 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 5 rooms, 16 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,682 acres of land in farms, 3,438 pounds of homemade butter, 2,687 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,827 bushels of potatoes, 995 acres of improved land in farms, 778 chickens, 707 bushels of oats, 603 acres of farmland under crops, 327 acres of farmland in pasture, 257 acres of hay crops, 252 swine slaughtered or sold, 231 tons of hay, 229 bushels of turnips, 175 sheep slaughtered or sold, 139 cattle killed or sold, 97 occupants of farms, 89 farm occupants who own their land, 65 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 milk cows, 63 acres of oats, 58 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 56 acres of potatoes, 47 horses aged over 3 years, 30 other fowl, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 29 swine, 25 bushels of beans, 21 other cattle, 14 bushels of barley, 13 ducks, 12 bushels of peas, 9 acres of turnips, 9 bushels of corn, 8 farm occupants who rent their land, 8 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 acres of barley, 2 geese, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 sheep. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC180006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC185005_1891— 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. Ambroise, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ambroise-village-qc180006-1891/.