St. Félix du Cap Rouge, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Félix du Cap Rouge was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 534. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912141. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.751°N, 71.356°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Félix du Cap Rouge had a population of 534: 229 male and 305 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Félix du Cap Rouge shared boundaries with:

• Ancienne Lorette
• St. Augustin
• Ste. Foye

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 534 total population, 305 females, 229 males, 193 married persons, 111 families, 97 married females, 96 married males, 18 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 5 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 323 single persons under 18, 195 single females under 18, 128 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 498 French Canadians, 36 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 109 houses, 109 occupied houses, 101 houses built of wood, 92 houses of 1 story, 36 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 19 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 2 stories, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,460 pounds of homemade butter, 3,215 bushels of potatoes, 1,768 acres of land in farms, 1,398 bushels of oats, 1,220 acres of improved land in farms, 766 acres of farmland under crops, 559 tons of hay, 548 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 460 chickens, 419 acres of farmland in pasture, 364 sheep slaughtered or sold, 289 acres of hay crops, 242 bushels of turnips, 180 cattle killed or sold, 154 acres of oats, 140 bushels of peas, 98 milk cows, 89 occupants of farms, 81 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 70 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 66 farm occupants who own their land, 57 swine slaughtered or sold, 56 horses aged over 3 years, 48 acres of potatoes, 48 swine, 47 bushels of buckwheat, 35 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 34 bushels of barley, 28 other cattle, 27 sheep, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 ducks, 16 bushels of spring wheat, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 7 oxen, 6 bushels of beans, 6 bushels of corn, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 acres of wheat, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 turkeys, 1 employees on farms, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC180009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912141

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. Félix du Cap Rouge, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-f-lix-du-cap-rouge-qc180009-1891/.