St. Cuthbert, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Cuthbert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,179. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462007. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.184°N, 73.229°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Cuthbert had a population of 3,179: 1,569 male and 1,610 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Cuthbert shared boundaries with:

• Berthier
• St. Barthélémy
• St. Gabriel de Brandon
• St. Norbert

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,179 total population, 1,610 females, 1,569 males, 1,100 married persons, 645 families, 551 married males, 549 married females, 120 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 51 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,959 single persons under 18, 992 single females under 18, 967 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,173 French Canadians, 6 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 495 occupied houses, 494 houses, 474 houses built of wood, 300 houses of 1 story, 214 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 190 houses of 2 stories, 75 houses of 4 rooms, 62 houses of 3 rooms, 60 houses of 5 rooms, 52 houses of 2 rooms, 47 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 6 houses built of stone, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 54,411 bushels of oats, 37,034 acres of land in farms, 30,076 pounds of homemade butter, 27,070 acres of improved land in farms, 23,431 bushels of potatoes, 20,061 acres of farmland under crops, 12,776 bushels of peas, 10,454 bushels of buckwheat, 9,964 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,570 tons of hay, 7,562 acres of hay crops, 7,310 bushels of corn, 6,966 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,795 bushels of turnips, 6,557 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 6,143 chickens, 4,854 acres of oats, 3,870 bushels of spring wheat, 1,957 sheep, 1,609 bushels of barley, 1,441 milk cows, 1,400 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,248 swine, 1,218 sheep slaughtered or sold, 926 other cattle, 812 horses aged over 3 years, 528 cattle killed or sold, 525 occupants of farms, 468 acres of wheat, 445 farm occupants who own their land, 316 geese, 283 acres of potatoes, 267 turkeys, 240 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 239 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 205 horses aged 3 years and under, 181 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 168 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 144 other fowl, 121 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 120 ducks, 118 acres of barley, 107 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 84 oxen, 80 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 78 bushels of beans, 68 farm occupants who rent their land, 51 bushels of rye, 43 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 38 acres of turnips, 36 persons living on farms over 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 20, 12 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC142007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043007_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462007
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cuthbert
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cuthbert

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. Cuthbert, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cuthbert-qc142007-1891/.