St. Augustin, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Augustin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,413. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142102. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.756°N, 71.492°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Augustin had a population of 1,413: 687 male and 726 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. Augustin shared boundaries with:

• Ancienne Lorette
• Pointe aux Trembles
• St. Félix du Cap Rouge
• Ste. Catherine
• Ste. Jeanne de Neuville

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 1,413 total population, 726 females, 687 males, 388 married persons, 227 families, 194 married females, 194 married males, 82 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 943 single persons under 18, 488 single females under 18, 455 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,376 French Canadians, 37 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 226 houses, 226 occupied houses, 221 houses of 1 story, 217 houses built of wood, 111 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 1 room, 7 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 100,420 pounds of homemade butter, 26,487 bushels of oats, 24,548 acres of land in farms, 24,476 bushels of potatoes, 15,411 acres of improved land in farms, 9,791 acres of farmland under crops, 9,137 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,022 chickens, 6,217 tons of hay, 6,030 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 5,493 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,682 acres of hay crops, 4,119 bushels of turnips, 2,986 acres of oats, 1,503 sheep, 1,142 bushels of buckwheat, 1,083 milk cows, 872 sheep slaughtered or sold, 616 swine slaughtered or sold, 581 other cattle, 454 bushels of barley, 398 bushels of peas, 315 swine, 309 horses aged over 3 years, 223 cattle killed or sold, 211 acres of potatoes, 206 occupants of farms, 198 farm occupants who own their land, 198 oxen, 179 bushels of spring wheat, 127 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 86 bushels of beans, 84 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 81 turkeys, 77 horses aged 3 years and under, 62 ducks, 58 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 56 bushels of corn, 47 other fowl, 40 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 38 acres of barley, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 26 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 25, 24 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 21 acres of wheat, 14 geese, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 bushels of rye, 3 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: QC178011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC080010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142102
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures

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. Augustin, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-augustin-qc178011-1891/.