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 1,718. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462044. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.524°N, 73.018°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Damase had a population of 1,718: 843 male and 875 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 was contained in St. Damase, 1881 (91.7% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained St. Damase, 1901 (90.8% 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 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,718 total population, 875 females, 843 males, 571 married persons, 328 families, 286 married males, 285 married females, 68 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,079 single persons under 18, 544 single females under 18, 535 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,717 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 307 houses, 307 houses of 1 story, 307 occupied houses, 276 houses built of wood, 135 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses of 5 rooms, 68 houses of 4 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses built of brick, 13 houses built of stone, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 31,361 bushels of oats, 24,912 acres of land in farms, 21,839 acres of improved land in farms, 18,078 pounds of homemade butter, 14,963 acres of farmland under crops, 11,607 bushels of potatoes, 10,014 bushels of barley, 9,805 chickens, 9,327 bushels of peas, 6,798 acres of hay crops, 6,773 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,527 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,877 bushels of spring wheat, 4,730 bushels of corn, 4,277 acres of oats, 3,542 tons of hay, 3,073 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,833 bushels of turnips, 2,610 bushels of buckwheat, 2,074 sheep, 2,064 geese, 1,401 milk cows, 1,270 swine, 1,227 acres of barley, 1,007 turkeys, 966 sheep slaughtered or sold, 856 acres of wheat, 755 other cattle, 680 horses aged over 3 years, 669 swine slaughtered or sold, 442 other fowl, 374 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 301 occupants of farms, 295 horses aged 3 years and under, 274 cattle killed or sold, 246 farm occupants who own their land, 136 bushels of beans, 121 acres of potatoes, 113 ducks, 106 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 103 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 90 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 63 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 55 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 acres of turnips, 18 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 pounds of cheese produced on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC185005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC185005_1891_1891 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q3462044

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-qc185005-1891/.