St. Donat and Chilton, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: St. Donat and Chilton (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Donat and Chilton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 351. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.280°N, 74.189°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Donat and Chilton had a population of 351: 195 male and 156 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1881	343
1891	351

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 became part of St. Donat & Chilton, 1901 (69.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Donat and Chilton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 351 total population, 195 males, 156 females, 118 married persons, 68 families, 59 married females, 59 married males, 6 widowed persons, 5.20 average size of families, 4 widowed males, 2 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 227 single persons under 18, 132 single males under 18, 95 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 340 French Canadians, 11 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 59 occupied houses, 55 houses, 55 houses built of wood, 55 houses of 1 story, 31 houses of 1 room, 13 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 13,731 acres of land in farms, 11,099 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,454 pounds of homemade butter, 4,315 bushels of potatoes, 2,774 bushels of oats, 2,632 acres of improved land in farms, 2,004 bushels of buckwheat, 1,975 acres of farmland under crops, 1,082 acres of hay crops, 943 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 650 acres of farmland in pasture, 599 tons of hay, 443 chickens, 410 bushels of turnips, 351 bushels of barley, 286 sheep, 272 bushels of peas, 269 acres of oats, 136 milk cows, 110 sheep slaughtered or sold, 108 other cattle, 103 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 100 swine slaughtered or sold, 98 swine, 73 occupants of farms, 72 horses aged over 3 years, 70 farm occupants who own their land, 49 cattle killed or sold, 44 acres of barley, 41 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of spring wheat, 36 bushels of rye, 29 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 22 oxen, 22 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 bushels of corn, 11 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 acres of wheat, 5 bushels of beans, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 geese, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC170003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC170003 — 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. Donat and Chilton, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-donat-and-chilton-qc170003-1891/.