St. Barthélémy, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Barthélémy was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,527. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.215°N, 73.166°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Barthélémy had a population of 2,527: 1,276 male and 1,251 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,291 |
| 1861 | 2,429 |
| 1871 | 2,509 |
| 1881 | 2,812 |
| 1891 | 2,527 |
| 1901 | 2,562 |
| 1911 | 2,591 |
| 1921 | 2,382 |
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. Barthélémy shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,527 total population, 1,276 males, 1,251 females, 774 married persons, 470 families, 387 married females, 387 married males, 92 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,661 single persons under 18, 851 single males under 18, 810 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,527 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 466 houses, 466 occupied houses, 445 houses built of wood, 303 houses of 1 story, 250 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 158 houses of 2 stories, 110 houses of 5 rooms, 60 houses of 4 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses built of brick, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 67,959 bushels of oats, 38,125 pounds of homemade butter, 33,342 bushels of potatoes, 27,560 acres of land in farms, 18,927 acres of improved land in farms, 16,828 tons of hay, 13,374 acres of farmland under crops, 13,104 bushels of buckwheat, 12,807 bushels of turnips, 10,915 chickens, 9,279 acres of hay crops, 8,633 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,304 bushels of peas, 5,397 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,940 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,477 bushels of barley, 4,013 bushels of spring wheat, 3,411 acres of oats, 3,271 bushels of corn, 2,126 swine, 1,606 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,437 milk cows, 1,335 sheep, 867 other cattle, 794 horses aged over 3 years, 726 sheep slaughtered or sold, 657 geese, 554 cattle killed or sold, 482 occupants of farms, 459 farm occupants who own their land, 436 ducks, 381 turkeys, 313 acres of wheat, 286 acres of potatoes, 266 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 263 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 256 horses aged 3 years and under, 208 acres of barley, 156 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 155 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 123 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 122 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 116 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 69 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 64 oxen, 48 bushels of beans, 37 acres of turnips, 25 other fowl, 23 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Zéphirin Gauthier | 1842–1922 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC142006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC043005_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461850
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Barthélémy, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barth-l-my-qc142006-1891/.