St. Césaire, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Césaire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,623. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.410°N, 72.983°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Césaire had a population of 1,623: 802 male and 821 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,623 |
| 1901 | 1,456 |
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. Césaire, 1881 (64.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Césaire shared boundaries with:
- Farnham W-O
- L’Ange Gardien
- St. Césaire, Village
- St. Damase
- St. Michel de Rougemont
- St. Paul d'Abbotsford
- St. Pie
- Ste. Angèle
- Ste. Brigitte
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,623 total population, 821 females, 802 males, 548 married persons, 291 families, 274 married females, 274 married males, 54 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,021 single persons under 18, 511 single females under 18, 510 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,618 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 286 houses, 286 occupied houses, 264 houses built of wood, 196 houses of 2 stories, 139 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 89 houses of 1 story, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 54 houses of 4 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses built of brick, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,938 bushels of oats, 22,665 acres of land in farms, 22,462 pounds of homemade butter, 20,463 acres of improved land in farms, 18,627 acres of farmland under crops, 16,116 bushels of potatoes, 9,034 acres of hay crops, 6,548 tons of hay, 6,415 bushels of turnips, 6,047 bushels of peas, 5,557 bushels of barley, 5,115 bushels of corn, 4,252 chickens, 3,582 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,084 bushels of spring wheat, 2,876 acres of oats, 2,202 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,580 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,218 bushels of buckwheat, 1,064 milk cows, 912 sheep, 838 swine, 651 sheep slaughtered or sold, 602 swine slaughtered or sold, 589 horses aged over 3 years, 523 other cattle, 478 acres of barley, 415 acres of wheat, 275 cattle killed or sold, 272 occupants of farms, 256 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 241 horses aged 3 years and under, 236 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 210 geese, 208 farm occupants who own their land, 177 acres of potatoes, 172 bushels of beans, 110 turkeys, 92 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 87 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 61 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 acres of turnips, 31 other fowl, 31 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 ducks, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC184007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC189007_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911984
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. Césaire, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-saire-qc184007-1891/.