St. Césaire, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Césaire, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,021. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.411°N, 73.008°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Césaire, Village had a population of 1,021: 493 male and 528 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 937 |
| 1881 | 1,103 |
| 1891 | 1,021 |
| 1901 | 865 |
| 1911 | 941 |
| 1921 | 985 |
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. Césaire, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,021 total population, 528 females, 493 males, 360 married persons, 214 families, 180 married females, 180 married males, 62 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 599 single persons under 18, 304 single females under 18, 295 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 980 French Canadians, 41 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 200 houses, 200 occupied houses, 176 houses built of wood, 113 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 77 houses of 2 stories, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses built of brick, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of over 15 rooms, 10 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 2,649 bushels of potatoes, 1,840 bushels of oats, 1,525 acres of land in farms, 1,365 acres of improved land in farms, 1,135 pounds of homemade butter, 1,102 acres of farmland under crops, 773 chickens, 682 acres of hay crops, 662 tons of hay, 432 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 345 bushels of peas, 342 bushels of turnips, 341 bushels of corn, 267 bushels of spring wheat, 235 acres of farmland in pasture, 178 occupants of farms, 160 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 160 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 140 bushels of barley, 139 acres of oats, 138 farm occupants who own their land, 118 milk cows, 107 sheep, 99 horses aged over 3 years, 62 swine, 39 acres of wheat, 37 farm occupants who rent their land, 34 acres of potatoes, 31 bushels of buckwheat, 28 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 16 bushels of beans, 16 cattle killed or sold, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 other cattle, 11 turkeys, 10 geese, 10 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 9 acres of barley, 8 swine slaughtered or sold, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 employees on farms, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 oxen, 1 acres of turnips, 1 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC184008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC085015— 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, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-saire-village-qc184008-1891/.