St. Eugène de Grantham, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Eugène de Grantham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,049. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912123. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.810°N, 72.709°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Eugène de Grantham had a population of 1,049: 536 male and 513 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,049 |
| 1901 | 824 |
| 1911 | 1,120 |
| 1921 | 1,135 |
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. Eugène de Grantham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,049 total population, 536 males, 513 females, 356 married persons, 193 families, 178 married females, 178 married males, 26 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 6 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 667 single persons under 18, 352 single males under 18, 315 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,013 French Canadians, 36 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 150 houses, 150 houses built of wood, 150 occupied houses, 147 houses of 1 story, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 30 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 houses of 4 rooms, 26 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 10,716 acres of land in farms, 10,593 bushels of oats, 6,542 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,888 pounds of homemade butter, 4,673 bushels of potatoes, 4,174 acres of improved land in farms, 2,877 acres of farmland under crops, 2,041 chickens, 1,289 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,235 acres of hay crops, 1,116 bushels of buckwheat, 938 acres of oats, 808 tons of hay, 789 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 534 bushels of spring wheat, 408 bushels of peas, 342 sheep, 335 bushels of barley, 327 bushels of corn, 326 swine, 281 milk cows, 251 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 202 other cattle, 192 swine slaughtered or sold, 161 horses aged over 3 years, 156 occupants of farms, 154 farm occupants who own their land, 137 bushels of turnips, 136 sheep slaughtered or sold, 112 cattle killed or sold, 78 acres of wheat, 74 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 58 horses aged 3 years and under, 51 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 46 acres of potatoes, 42 bushels of beans, 26 acres of barley, 25 other fowl, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 bushels of rye, 19 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 18 oxen, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 geese, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC153019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054009_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912123
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. Eugène de Grantham, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-eug-ne-de-grantham-qc153019-1891/.