St. Eleuthère, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Eleuthère was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 611. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.568°N, 69.370°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Eleuthère had a population of 611: 310 male and 301 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. Alexandre, Parke, 1881 (75.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Eleuthère & unorg. ter.—Ter. non-org, 1901 (25.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Eleuthère shared boundaries with:
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 611 total population, 310 males, 301 females, 216 married persons, 120 families, 109 married females, 107 married males, 13 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 382 single persons under 18, 197 single males under 18, 185 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 606 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 115 houses, 115 houses built of wood, 115 occupied houses, 109 houses of 1 story, 60 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,627 acres of land in farms, 17,297 pounds of homemade butter, 13,418 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,232 bushels of potatoes, 4,209 acres of improved land in farms, 2,550 acres of farmland under crops, 2,319 bushels of oats, 1,759 acres of hay crops, 1,657 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,175 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,124 chickens, 1,088 bushels of barley, 977 bushels of spring wheat, 967 bushels of peas, 877 tons of hay, 519 sheep, 401 bushels of rye, 305 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 236 acres of oats, 235 swine, 212 milk cows, 175 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 165 bushels of turnips, 148 acres of wheat, 142 sheep slaughtered or sold, 119 acres of barley, 117 swine slaughtered or sold, 113 other cattle, 112 horses aged over 3 years, 108 occupants of farms, 105 farm occupants who own their land, 82 bushels of beans, 68 acres of potatoes, 52 bushels of winter wheat, 50 cattle killed or sold, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 geese, 28 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 24 oxen, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 turkeys, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160008— 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. Eleuthère, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-eleuth-re-qc160008-1891/.