St. Andrews, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Andrews was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,702. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q111031682. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.576°N, 74.304°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Andrews had a population of 1,702: 833 male and 869 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Andrews, 1881 (94.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Andrews shared boundaries with:

• Carillon, Village
• Chatham
• St. Hermas
• St. Jerusalem
• St. Placide

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,702 total population, 869 females, 833 males, 504 married persons, 334 families, 252 married females, 252 married males, 82 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,116 single persons under 18, 567 single females under 18, 549 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 862 French Canadians, 840 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 334 houses, 334 occupied houses, 305 houses of 1 story, 259 houses built of wood, 129 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 65 houses of 2 rooms, 57 houses built of brick, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 36 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 28 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses built of stone, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 12 houses of 1 room, 10 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,912 pounds of homemade butter, 42,107 bushels of oats, 34,532 bushels of potatoes, 23,387 acres of land in farms, 18,325 acres of improved land in farms, 12,968 acres of farmland under crops, 5,891 bushels of turnips, 5,226 chickens, 5,212 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,062 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,929 bushels of corn, 4,727 tons of hay, 4,412 acres of hay crops, 3,854 bushels of spring wheat, 3,267 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,132 acres of oats, 2,832 bushels of barley, 2,620 bushels of peas, 2,161 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,661 bushels of buckwheat, 1,361 milk cows, 871 sheep, 816 other cattle, 643 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 555 swine slaughtered or sold, 550 sheep slaughtered or sold, 536 horses aged over 3 years, 392 acres of wheat, 359 swine, 336 cattle killed or sold, 284 acres of potatoes, 274 occupants of farms, 233 farm occupants who own their land, Capacity of silos (tons): 190, 182 acres of barley, 157 horses aged 3 years and under, 150 turkeys, 145 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 126 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 120 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 106 ducks, 83 geese, 75 bushels of beans, 65 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 40 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 acres of turnips, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 other fowl, 10 bushels of rye, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC137012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q111031682
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-Est

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. Andrews, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andrews-qc137012-1891/.