St. Dominique, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Dominique was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,897. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462095. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.581°N, 72.830°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Dominique had a population of 1,897: 939 male and 958 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Dominique shared boundaries with:

• St. Hyacinthe le Confesseur
• St. Liboire, VL
• St. Pie
• St. Valérien
• Ste. Cécile de Milton
• Ste. Rosalie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,897 total population, 958 females, 939 males, 654 married persons, 365 families, 328 married males, 326 married females, 60 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,183 single persons under 18, 593 single females under 18, 590 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,896 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 327 occupied houses, 326 houses, 308 houses of 1 story, 306 houses built of wood, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses built of stone, 8 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,538 bushels of oats, 30,670 bushels of potatoes, 20,695 acres of land in farms, 18,514 pounds of homemade butter, 16,901 acres of improved land in farms, 10,896 acres of farmland under crops, 8,315 chickens, 7,053 bushels of corn, 6,545 bushels of barley, 6,044 acres of hay crops, 5,679 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,301 tons of hay, 3,794 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,753 bushels of turnips, 3,674 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,118 acres of oats, 3,099 bushels of peas, 2,882 bushels of spring wheat, 2,307 bushels of buckwheat, 1,247 milk cows, 757 swine slaughtered or sold, 752 swine, 747 sheep slaughtered or sold, 710 sheep, 575 horses aged over 3 years, 471 other cattle, 461 acres of barley, 343 occupants of farms, 331 geese, 326 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 302 farm occupants who own their land, 299 bushels of beans, 298 acres of wheat, 293 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 265 cattle killed or sold, 231 acres of potatoes, 188 horses aged 3 years and under, 178 turkeys, 121 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 ducks, 102 bushels of rye, 100 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 74 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 40 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 other fowl, 4 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC138003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC143003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462095
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Dominique
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Dominique

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. Dominique, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-dominique-qc138003-1891/.