St. Flavien, VL, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Flavien, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,717. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912153. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.514°N, 71.575°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Flavien, VL had a population of 1,717: 851 male and 866 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 568 |
| 1861 | 1,025 |
| 1871 | 1,405 |
| 1881 | 1,603 |
| 1891 | 1,717 |
| 1901 | 1,712 |
| 1911 | 1,841 |
| 1921 | 486 |
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. Flavien, VL 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 1,717 total population, 866 females, 851 males, 579 married persons, 324 families, 292 married females, 287 married males, 51 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,087 single persons under 18, 545 single females under 18, 542 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,717 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 261 houses, 261 houses built of wood, 261 occupied houses, 250 houses of 1 story, 99 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 57 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 5 rooms, 46 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 45,587 pounds of homemade butter, 30,718 acres of land in farms, 27,004 bushels of potatoes, 20,350 bushels of oats, 16,468 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,250 acres of improved land in farms, 9,183 acres of farmland under crops, 5,007 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,692 acres of hay crops, 3,352 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,970 bushels of buckwheat, 2,561 tons of hay, 2,484 chickens, 2,142 bushels of spring wheat, 1,925 acres of oats, 1,398 bushels of turnips, 918 swine slaughtered or sold, 894 milk cows, 840 sheep, 738 sheep slaughtered or sold, 721 bushels of peas, 504 cattle killed or sold, 432 bushels of barley, 409 other cattle, 391 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 358 acres of wheat, 328 swine, 327 bushels of corn, 278 occupants of farms, 249 farm occupants who own their land, 249 horses aged over 3 years, 201 acres of potatoes, 195 oxen, 153 bushels of rye, 96 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 76 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 70 bushels of beans, 69 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 64 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 63 horses aged 3 years and under, 60 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 44 acres of barley, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 acres of turnips, 13 other fowl, 4 employees on farms, 3 ducks, 3 geese. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC166008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068026— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912153
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. Flavien, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-flavien-vl-qc166008-1891/.