St. Antoine, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,473. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.799°N, 73.200°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Antoine had a population of 1,473: 740 male and 733 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,784 |
| 1861 | 1,821 |
| 1871 | 1,663 |
| 1881 | 1,540 |
| 1891 | 1,473 |
| 1901 | 1,485 |
| 1911 | 1,403 |
| 1921 | 1,272 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Antoine 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 1,473 total population, 740 males, 733 females, 473 married persons, 277 families, 238 married males, 235 married females, 77 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 28 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 923 single persons under 18, 474 single males under 18, 449 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,470 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 277 occupied houses, 249 houses, 202 houses built of wood, 201 houses of 1 story, 106 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 47 houses of 2 stories, 28 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 27 houses built of brick, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 20 houses built of stone, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 60,100 pounds of homemade butter, 33,531 bushels of oats, 19,162 acres of land in farms, 17,559 bushels of potatoes, 15,630 acres of improved land in farms, 12,179 acres of farmland under crops, 10,224 bushels of peas, 7,799 bushels of barley, 6,465 bushels of corn, 5,605 acres of hay crops, 5,251 tons of hay, 4,555 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,274 chickens, 3,532 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,354 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,315 acres of oats, 1,813 bushels of spring wheat, 1,761 bushels of turnips, 1,011 sheep, 767 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 750 swine slaughtered or sold, 736 sheep slaughtered or sold, 710 milk cows, 616 acres of barley, 587 bushels of buckwheat, 570 swine, 483 horses aged over 3 years, 475 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 468 other fowl, 381 other cattle, 288 cattle killed or sold, 286 acres of wheat, 262 occupants of farms, 217 horses aged 3 years and under, 199 farm occupants who own their land, 191 acres of potatoes, 171 bushels of beans, 133 turkeys, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 97 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 73 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 71 geese, 63 farm occupants who rent their land, 55 ducks, 48 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 oxen, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 acres of turnips, 11 bushels of rye. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC196003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC098003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911888
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. Antoine, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-antoine-qc196003-1891/.