St. Clément, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Clément was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,771. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.290°N, 73.887°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Clément had a population of 1,771: 905 male and 866 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,771 |
| 1901 | 1,549 |
| 1911 | — |
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. Clément shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,771 total population, 905 males, 866 females, 573 married persons, 305 families, 287 married males, 286 married females, 56 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,142 single persons under 18, 592 single males under 18, 550 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,727 French Canadians, 44 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 282 houses, 282 occupied houses, 254 houses of 1 story, 207 houses built of wood, 74 houses of 4 rooms, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 64 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 50 houses built of stone, 36 uninhabited houses, 33 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 27 houses of 2 stories, 25 houses built of brick, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 54,433 pounds of homemade butter, 41,197 bushels of oats, 24,520 bushels of peas, 20,046 acres of land in farms, 19,146 bushels of potatoes, 18,420 acres of improved land in farms, 14,123 acres of farmland under crops, 9,096 bushels of buckwheat, 6,438 chickens, 5,795 bushels of barley, 4,432 acres of hay crops, 4,030 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,703 acres of oats, 3,256 tons of hay, 2,496 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,626 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,566 bushels of spring wheat, 940 milk cows, 718 horses aged over 3 years, 701 other cattle, 697 bushels of corn, 691 swine slaughtered or sold, 638 swine, 602 sheep, 486 acres of barley, 420 cattle killed or sold, 391 sheep slaughtered or sold, 355 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 309 horses aged 3 years and under, 307 occupants of farms, 274 turkeys, 271 geese, 267 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 255 acres of wheat, 217 farm occupants who own their land, 204 bushels of beans, 189 acres of potatoes, 133 bushels of turnips, 120 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 104 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 90 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 89 farm occupants who rent their land, 84 ducks, 67 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC140004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC145002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Clément, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cl-ment-qc140004-1891/.