St. Arsène, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Arsène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,213. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461807. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.914°N, 69.407°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Arsène had a population of 1,213: 613 male and 600 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

• Cacouna
• Ile Verte
• Rivière du Loup
• St. Epiphane
• St. Modeste

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,213 total population, 613 males, 600 females, 353 married persons, 178 married females, 175 married males, 173 families, 44 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 7 average size of families, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 816 single persons under 18, 433 single males under 18, 383 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,213 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 173 houses, 173 occupied houses, 168 houses built of wood, 158 houses of 1 story, 65 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 31 houses of 3 rooms, 28 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses of 1 room, 9 uninhabited houses, 5 houses built of brick, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 77,561 pounds of homemade butter, 71,609 bushels of potatoes, 24,058 acres of land in farms, 17,797 bushels of oats, 14,738 acres of improved land in farms, 9,320 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,854 acres of farmland under crops, 6,844 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,566 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,758 bushels of spring wheat, 3,694 acres of hay crops, 3,225 chickens, 2,879 tons of hay, 2,586 bushels of rye, 2,533 bushels of turnips, 2,112 sheep, 2,002 acres of oats, 1,718 bushels of barley, 1,297 swine, 1,132 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,051 bushels of peas, 998 sheep slaughtered or sold, 933 milk cows, 832 swine slaughtered or sold, 586 acres of wheat, 495 other cattle, 439 acres of potatoes, 335 cattle killed or sold, 328 geese, 303 horses aged over 3 years, 178 acres of barley, 174 bushels of corn, 165 occupants of farms, 158 farm occupants who own their land, 114 horses aged 3 years and under, 59 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 57 oxen, 56 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 44 ducks, 42 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 40 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 bushels of buckwheat, 37 turkeys, 18 bushels of beans, 18 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 acres of turnips, 6 farm occupants who rent their land, 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 1 person 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: QC192012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC095008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461807
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ars%C3%A8ne
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ars%C3%A8ne

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. Arsène, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ars-ne-qc192012-1891/.