St. Colomb de Sillery, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Colomb de Sillery was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,663. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3483898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.779°N, 71.255°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Colomb de Sillery had a population of 2,663: 1,293 male and 1,370 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 3,277 |
| 1891 | 2,663 |
| 1901 | 2,069 |
| 1911 | 1,969 |
| 1921 | 2,116 |
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. Colomb de Sillery shared boundaries with:
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 2,663 total population, 1,370 females, 1,293 males, 759 married persons, 484 families, 381 married males, 378 married females, 136 widowed persons, 88 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,768 single persons under 18, 904 single females under 18, 864 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,569 French Canadians, 1,094 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 468 houses, 468 occupied houses, 422 houses built of wood, 263 houses of 1 story, 166 houses of 2 stories, 143 houses of 4 rooms, 143 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 66 houses of 5 rooms, 64 uninhabited houses, 52 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses built of brick, 37 houses of 3 stories, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of over 15 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 6,755 bushels of potatoes, 5,384 pounds of homemade butter, 3,574 bushels of turnips, 2,638 chickens, 1,578 acres of land in farms, 1,331 acres of improved land in farms, 1,025 bushels of oats, 860 acres of farmland under crops, 715 tons of hay, 496 acres of hay crops, 400 acres of farmland in pasture, 247 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 189 horses aged over 3 years, 160 milk cows, 139 swine, 138 swine slaughtered or sold, 130 bushels of barley, 121 ducks, 84 bushels of beans, 74 other fowl, 71 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 bushels of buckwheat, 60 acres of oats, 60 other cattle, 58 acres of potatoes, 56 occupants of farms, 55 bushels of peas, 42 farm occupants who own their land, 33 turkeys, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 24 acres of turnips, 20 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 bushels of corn, 17 cattle killed or sold, 16 bushels of spring wheat, 12 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 11 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 horses aged 3 years and under, 6 acres of barley, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 3 employees on farms, 3 sheep, 1 acres of wheat, 1 persons living on farms between 101 and 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 9 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sir James Macpherson Le Moine | 1825–1912 | died here |
| Charles-Alphonse-Pantaléon Pelletier | 1837–1911 | died here |
| Sir F. (François) Langelier | 1838–1915 | died here |
| Evan John Price | 1840–1899 | born and died here |
| Philomène Labrecque | 1852–1920 | died here |
| Pierre-Évariste LeBlanc | 1853–1918 | died here |
| Charles Huot | 1855–1930 | died here |
| Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 1862–1924 | died here |
| Marie-Clément Staub | 1876–1936 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC180007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3483898
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sillery,_Quebec_City
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sillery_(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. Colomb de Sillery, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-colomb-de-sillery-qc180007-1891/.