St. Etienne des Grès, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Etienne des Grès was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,166. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463607. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.413°N, 72.762°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Etienne des Grès had a population of 2,166: 1,112 male and 1,054 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,166 |
| 1901 | 1,741 |
| 1911 | 1,688 |
| 1921 | 1,464 |
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. Etienne des Grès shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,166 total population, 1,112 males, 1,054 females, 753 married persons, 401 families, 380 married females, 373 married males, 48 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,365 single persons under 18, 721 single males under 18, 644 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,155 French Canadians, 11 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 365 houses, 365 occupied houses, 361 houses built of wood, 353 houses of 1 story, 112 houses of 3 rooms, 110 houses of 2 rooms, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 43 uninhabited houses, 37 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 1 room, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses built of brick, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 33,527 bushels of oats, 29,955 bushels of potatoes, 27,220 acres of land in farms, 23,776 pounds of homemade butter, 19,470 acres of improved land in farms, 13,364 acres of farmland under crops, 8,870 bushels of buckwheat, 7,750 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,990 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,838 bushels of peas, 3,761 acres of oats, 3,294 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,888 bushels of turnips, 2,779 chickens, 1,174 bushels of corn, 1,112 tons of hay, 1,103 sheep, 866 acres of hay crops, 642 bushels of spring wheat, 603 milk cows, 549 sheep slaughtered or sold, 517 swine, 450 other cattle, 380 swine slaughtered or sold, 366 occupants of farms, 349 horses aged over 3 years, 330 farm occupants who own their land, 270 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 267 acres of potatoes, 177 bushels of barley, 149 bushels of rye, 134 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 129 cattle killed or sold, 119 bushels of beans, 116 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 116 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 97 acres of wheat, 76 horses aged 3 years and under, 63 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 oxen, 34 farm occupants who rent their land, 29 acres of barley, 19 other fowl, 19 turkeys, 12 bushels of winter wheat, 12 geese, 11 ducks, 11 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC187005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC093007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463607
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne-des-Gr%C3%A8s,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne-des-Gr%C3%A8s
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. Etienne des Grès, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-etienne-des-gr-s-qc187005-1891/.