St. Eustache, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Eustache, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 960. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912131. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.557°N, 73.894°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Eustache, Village had a population of 960: 474 male and 486 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 784 |
| 1861 | 915 |
| 1871 | 858 |
| 1881 | 814 |
| 1891 | 960 |
| 1901 | 1,079 |
| 1911 | 996 |
| 1921 | 1,098 |
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. Eustache, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 960 total population, 486 females, 474 males, 333 married persons, 194 families, 168 married males, 165 married females, 55 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 572 single persons under 18, 295 single males under 18, 277 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 936 French Canadians, 24 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 194 houses, 194 occupied houses, 169 houses built of wood, 149 houses of 1 story, 51 houses of 3 rooms, 48 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 41 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 20 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses built of brick, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 1 room, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 4 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 9,037 pounds of homemade butter, 7,236 bushels of potatoes, 5,667 bushels of oats, 1,598 chickens, 1,407 acres of land in farms, 1,100 acres of improved land in farms, 793 acres of farmland under crops, 446 tons of hay, 410 bushels of spring wheat, 407 bushels of buckwheat, 390 bushels of turnips, 352 bushels of barley, 317 swine slaughtered or sold, 307 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 303 acres of farmland in pasture, 291 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 228 acres of hay crops, 210 swine, 206 bushels of corn, 194 milk cows, 180 bushels of peas, 173 acres of oats, 169 occupants of farms, 158 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 137 farm occupants who own their land, 127 horses aged over 3 years, 93 bushels of beans, 75 acres of potatoes, 55 other cattle, 51 other fowl, 46 sheep, 37 cattle killed or sold, 31 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 turkeys, 26 sheep slaughtered or sold, 24 bushels of rye, 21 acres of wheat, 16 acres of barley, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 geese, 5 ducks, 4 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 4 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC151007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912131
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. Eustache, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-eustache-village-qc151007-1891/.