St. Anicet, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Anicet was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,093. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461782. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.104°N, 74.336°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Anicet had a population of 2,093: 1,061 male and 1,032 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. Anicet, 1881 (77.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

• Dundee
• Godmanchester
• Ste. Barbe

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,093 total population, 1,061 males, 1,032 females, 665 married persons, 379 families, 335 married males, 330 married females, 66 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,362 single persons under 18, 703 single males under 18, 659 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,387 French Canadians, 706 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 379 houses, 379 occupied houses, 342 houses built of wood, 191 houses of 2 stories, 188 houses of 1 story, 140 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 62 houses of 2 rooms, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses built of brick, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 uninhabited houses, 10 houses built of stone, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 39,167 bushels of oats, 28,805 bushels of potatoes, 28,011 pounds of homemade butter, 26,418 acres of land in farms, 21,954 acres of improved land in farms, 13,484 acres of farmland under crops, 8,176 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,112 chickens, 5,491 bushels of corn, 4,585 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,541 acres of hay crops, 4,508 tons of hay, 4,464 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,472 bushels of buckwheat, 3,447 bushels of spring wheat, 3,269 bushels of barley, 3,207 bushels of turnips, 3,138 acres of oats, 1,959 milk cows, 1,522 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,473 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,384 sheep, 994 bushels of rye, 927 cattle killed or sold, 774 swine, 644 horses aged over 3 years, 597 other cattle, 523 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 447 acres of wheat, 353 occupants of farms, 311 acres of potatoes, 307 geese, 294 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 291 horses aged 3 years and under, 289 acres of barley, 273 farm occupants who own their land, 183 turkeys, 117 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 104 bushels of beans, 88 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 81 ducks, 80 farm occupants who rent their land, 63 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 49 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC156010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC058008_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461782
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Anicet
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Anicet

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. Anicet, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-anicet-qc156010-1891/.