St. Cyprien, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Cyprien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,703. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462008. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.179°N, 73.402°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Cyprien had a population of 1,703: 866 male and 837 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,887 |
| 1891 | 1,703 |
| 1901 | 1,421 |
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. Cyprien shared boundaries with:
- Napierville, Village
- St. Bernard de Lacolle
- St. Jacques le Mineur
- St. Patrice de Sherrington
- St. Valentin
- Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie
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 1,703 total population, 866 males, 837 females, 520 married persons, 290 families, 260 married females, 260 married males, 55 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,128 single persons under 18, 587 single males under 18, 541 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,692 French Canadians, 11 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, 248 houses built of wood, 194 houses of 1 story, 140 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 92 houses of 2 stories, 88 uninhabited houses, 53 houses of 4 rooms, 42 houses of 5 rooms, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses built of stone, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses built of brick, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,245 pounds of homemade butter, 27,919 acres of land in farms, 25,314 acres of improved land in farms, 19,838 acres of farmland under crops, 18,755 bushels of oats, 7,553 chickens, 5,957 bushels of potatoes, 5,236 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,113 acres of hay crops, 4,587 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,450 bushels of buckwheat, 3,357 tons of hay, 2,639 bushels of peas, 2,605 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,665 bushels of corn, 1,649 bushels of barley, 1,639 acres of oats, 1,225 bushels of turnips, 1,001 sheep, 950 turkeys, 906 geese, 798 horses aged over 3 years, 708 milk cows, 652 sheep slaughtered or sold, 651 swine slaughtered or sold, 560 other cattle, 548 swine, 405 horses aged 3 years and under, 368 cattle killed or sold, 356 bushels of spring wheat, 306 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 256 occupants of farms, 255 ducks, 240 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 228 farm occupants who own their land, 181 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 135 acres of barley, 95 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 80 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 77 acres of potatoes, 72 other fowl, 46 acres of wheat, 32 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 26 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 bushels of beans, 7 acres of turnips, 2 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC174002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC161008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462008
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
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. Cyprien, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cyprien-qc174002-1891/.