St. Damien, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Damien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,163. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.336°N, 73.488°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Damien had a population of 1,163: 596 male and 567 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,170 |
| 1891 | 1,163 |
| 1901 | 1,194 |
| 1911 | 1,274 |
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. Damien shared boundaries with:
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 1,163 total population, 596 males, 567 females, 371 married persons, 207 families, 187 married females, 184 married males, 37 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 755 single persons under 18, 394 single males under 18, 361 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,161 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 175 houses, 175 houses built of wood, 175 occupied houses, 105 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 2 stories, 55 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 4 rooms, 30 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 20,871 acres of land in farms, 15,784 bushels of oats, 13,767 pounds of homemade butter, 12,916 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,048 bushels of potatoes, 7,955 acres of improved land in farms, 5,830 acres of farmland under crops, 3,802 bushels of buckwheat, 2,448 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,094 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,041 acres of hay crops, 2,010 chickens, 1,728 tons of hay, 1,564 acres of oats, 1,363 bushels of peas, 1,062 sheep, 752 bushels of spring wheat, 534 milk cows, 499 swine, 471 sheep slaughtered or sold, 398 swine slaughtered or sold, 309 other cattle, 272 bushels of turnips, 247 bushels of barley, 216 horses aged over 3 years, 194 occupants of farms, 188 farm occupants who own their land, 155 bushels of corn, 114 acres of wheat, 104 cattle killed or sold, 95 acres of potatoes, 66 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 65 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 64 horses aged 3 years and under, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 bushels of rye, 39 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 36 oxen, 31 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 26 acres of barley, 26 bushels of beans, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 turkeys, 8 acres of turnips, 5 geese, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 other fowl, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC142008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC147006— 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. Damien, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-damien-qc142008-1891/.