St. Esprit, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Esprit was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,419. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.904°N, 73.669°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Esprit had a population of 1,419: 693 male and 726 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,820 |
| 1871 | 1,537 |
| 1881 | 1,685 |
| 1891 | 1,419 |
| 1901 | 1,392 |
| 1911 | 1,401 |
| 1921 | 1,504 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Esprit, 1881 (87.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Esprit shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,419 total population, 726 females, 693 males, 441 married persons, 314 families, 221 married males, 220 married females, 66 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 912 single persons under 18, 469 single females under 18, 443 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,419 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 285 houses, 285 occupied houses, 233 houses built of wood, 222 houses of 1 story, 73 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 64 houses of 4 rooms, 63 houses of 2 stories, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 5 rooms, 32 houses of 2 rooms, 28 houses built of brick, 24 houses built of stone, 17 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 64,253 pounds of homemade butter, 39,908 bushels of oats, 20,928 acres of land in farms, 17,319 bushels of potatoes, 14,365 acres of improved land in farms, 11,362 acres of farmland under crops, 9,908 bushels of peas, 6,563 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,807 tons of hay, 4,616 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,384 bushels of spring wheat, 4,300 acres of hay crops, 4,023 chickens, 3,135 bushels of buckwheat, 3,033 acres of oats, 2,931 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,803 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,557 bushels of barley, 1,648 bushels of corn, 1,079 sheep, 746 swine slaughtered or sold, 660 bushels of turnips, 651 swine, 641 milk cows, 545 sheep slaughtered or sold, 508 horses aged over 3 years, 478 acres of wheat, 377 other cattle, 290 occupants of farms, 255 horses aged 3 years and under, 242 farm occupants who own their land, 189 acres of potatoes, 179 geese, 165 cattle killed or sold, 147 acres of barley, 129 bushels of beans, 127 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 117 turkeys, 72 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 61 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 56 oxen, 47 farm occupants who rent their land, 43 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 35 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 30 ducks, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 other fowl, 6 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC170005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC073005_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912111
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. Esprit, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-esprit-qc170005-1891/.