St. Cyriac, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Cyriac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 435. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.412°N, 71.438°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Cyriac had a population of 435: 223 male and 212 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Kénogami & St. Cyriac, 1901 (83.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Cyriac shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 71 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 435 total population, 223 males, 212 females, 150 married persons, 76 married females, 74 married males, 63 families, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed persons, 6.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 278 single persons under 18, 149 single males under 18, 129 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 435 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 58 houses, 58 houses built of wood, 58 houses of 1 story, 58 occupied houses, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,355 acres of land in farms, 6,381 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,073 pounds of homemade butter, 2,757 bushels of oats, 2,255 bushels of potatoes, 1,974 acres of improved land in farms, 1,268 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,219 acres of farmland under crops, 843 bushels of peas, 755 acres of farmland in pasture, 529 acres of hay crops, 437 bushels of barley, 390 bushels of spring wheat, 374 tons of hay, 370 sheep, 358 chickens, 289 acres of oats, 207 sheep slaughtered or sold, 158 milk cows, 156 bushels of buckwheat, 132 other cattle, 102 acres of wheat, 93 swine slaughtered or sold, 74 horses aged over 3 years, 63 bushels of rye, 58 occupants of farms, 56 farm occupants who own their land, 55 swine, 53 acres of barley, 45 bushels of turnips, 44 cattle killed or sold, 37 acres of potatoes, 29 geese, 28 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 22 horses aged 3 years and under, 20 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 bushels of winter wheat, 13 oxen, 7 ducks, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 turkeys, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms under 10 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149018— 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. Cyriac, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cyriac-qc149018-1891/.