St. Damase, Quebec (1891 census)

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

St. Damase was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 863. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.646°N, 67.794°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Damase had a population of 863: 448 male and 415 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 contained St. Damase, 1901 (94.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 863 total population, 448 males, 415 females, 265 married persons, 148 families, 134 married males, 131 married females, 17 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 7 widowed females, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 581 single persons under 18, 304 single males under 18, 277 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 863 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 122 houses, 122 houses built of wood, 122 occupied houses, 77 houses of 1 story, 45 houses of 2 stories, 36 houses of 1 room, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 8 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,713 acres of land in farms, 16,055 pounds of homemade butter, 12,669 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,804 bushels of potatoes, 5,044 acres of improved land in farms, 3,344 acres of farmland under crops, 2,411 bushels of oats, 2,258 bushels of spring wheat, 1,822 acres of hay crops, 1,776 bushels of barley, 1,696 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,636 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,551 bushels of peas, 658 sheep, 653 tons of hay, 633 chickens, 542 bushels of turnips, 437 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 358 acres of wheat, 267 acres of oats, 259 milk cows, 227 sheep slaughtered or sold, 227 swine, 203 swine slaughtered or sold, 183 acres of barley, 166 other cattle, 164 bushels of rye, 140 horses aged over 3 years, 132 occupants of farms, 130 farm occupants who own their land, 100 bushels of winter wheat, 79 acres of potatoes, 65 cattle killed or sold, 51 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 45 other fowl, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 38 horses aged 3 years and under, 31 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 oxen, 9 geese, 7 acres of turnips, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 bushels of beans, 2 bushels of corn, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC183017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC183017 — 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. Damase, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-damase-qc183017-1891/.