St. Cyrille, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: St. Cyrille (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Cyrille was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,289. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912036. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.923°N, 70.088°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Cyrille had a population of 1,289: 658 male and 631 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD contained St. Cyrille, Lessard, Beaubien, Arago, Leverrier, 1881 (94.8% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained St. Cyrille, 1901 (65.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Cyrille shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,289 total population, 658 males, 631 females, 390 married persons, 226 families, 195 married females, 195 married males, 36 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 863 single persons under 18, 450 single males under 18, 413 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,289 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 195 occupied houses, 193 houses, 193 houses built of wood, 121 houses of 1 story, 69 houses of 2 stories, 56 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses of 4 rooms, 30 uninhabited houses, 29 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 1 room, 9 houses under construction, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 30,210 pounds of homemade butter, 21,738 acres of land in farms, 13,099 bushels of potatoes, 11,484 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,254 acres of improved land in farms, 10,007 bushels of oats, 7,213 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,982 acres of farmland under crops, 2,980 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,046 acres of hay crops, 1,536 bushels of barley, 1,519 tons of hay, 1,136 bushels of spring wheat, 1,031 chickens, 816 acres of oats, 783 bushels of turnips, 753 sheep, 742 bushels of buckwheat, 448 milk cows, 410 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 388 sheep slaughtered or sold, 319 bushels of peas, 309 swine slaughtered or sold, 291 other cattle, 270 swine, 209 horses aged over 3 years, 206 occupants of farms, 189 farm occupants who own their land, 160 acres of wheat, 156 acres of barley, 154 acres of potatoes, 94 cattle killed or sold, 85 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 80 bushels of rye, 68 oxen, 59 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 39 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 bushels of corn, 37 horses aged 3 years and under, 26 bushels of winter wheat, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 bushels of beans, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 acres of turnips, 6 geese, 4 other fowl, 3 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC165005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC165005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q112912036

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. Cyrille, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cyrille-qc165005-1891/.