St. Ephrem d'Upton, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: St. Ephrem d'Upton (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Ephrem d'Upton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,314. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.680°N, 72.679°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Ephrem d'Upton had a population of 1,314: 680 male and 634 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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained St. Ephrem d'Upton, 1901 (71.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Ephrem d'Upton shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,314 total population, 680 males, 634 females, 458 married persons, 247 families, 230 married females, 228 married males, 28 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 828 single persons under 18, 442 single males under 18, 386 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,300 French Canadians, 14 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 198 houses, 198 occupied houses, 197 houses built of wood, 100 houses of 1 story, 98 houses of 2 stories, 30 houses of 2 rooms, 13 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 43,605 pounds of homemade butter, 22,398 bushels of oats, 17,678 acres of land in farms, 12,506 acres of improved land in farms, 11,510 bushels of potatoes, 8,323 acres of farmland under crops, 5,172 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,131 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,095 acres of hay crops, 3,716 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,203 bushels of peas, 2,801 tons of hay, 2,544 chickens, 2,461 bushels of spring wheat, 2,057 bushels of barley, 1,833 acres of oats, 1,594 bushels of buckwheat, 915 sheep, 656 bushels of turnips, 639 milk cows, 543 sheep slaughtered or sold, 474 swine, 440 bushels of corn, 407 other cattle, 390 swine slaughtered or sold, 329 horses aged over 3 years, 300 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 295 acres of wheat, 215 occupants of farms, 188 acres of barley, 177 farm occupants who own their land, 169 cattle killed or sold, 134 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 129 horses aged 3 years and under, 110 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 105 acres of potatoes, 55 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 54 bushels of beans, 52 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 acres of turnips, 30 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 bushels of rye, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 24 geese, 20 turkeys, 19 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 13 ducks, 9 oxen, 8 employees on farms, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC138004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC138004 — 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. Ephrem d'Upton, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ephrem-d-upton-qc138004-1891/.