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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3462098

St. Donat, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Donat was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 760. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462098. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.491°N, 68.245°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Donat had a population of 760: 393 male and 367 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
1871819
1881914
1891760
1901802
1911922
19211,189

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. Donat shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 760 total population, 393 males, 367 females, 237 married persons, 124 families, 119 married females, 118 married males, 16 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 507 single persons under 18, 268 single males under 18, 239 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 760 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 89 houses, 89 houses built of wood, 89 occupied houses, 62 houses of 1 story, 25 houses of 1 room, 24 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 13 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses of 5 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 4 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 18,285 pounds of homemade butter, 16,161 acres of land in farms, 12,440 bushels of potatoes, 10,015 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,492 bushels of oats, 6,146 acres of improved land in farms, 3,243 acres of farmland under crops, 2,899 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,890 bushels of spring wheat, 1,717 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,419 bushels of peas, 1,218 chickens, 1,097 bushels of barley, 973 acres of hay crops, 866 tons of hay, 852 acres of oats, 702 sheep, 479 acres of wheat, 342 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 333 milk cows, 330 sheep slaughtered or sold, 223 swine, 211 other cattle, 208 bushels of turnips, 198 swine slaughtered or sold, 157 horses aged over 3 years, 109 cattle killed or sold, 108 occupants of farms, 101 farm occupants who own their land, 99 acres of potatoes, 82 acres of barley, 54 bushels of rye, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 29 geese, 28 horses aged 3 years and under, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 oxen, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-donat-qc183018-1891/.