St. François, Quebec (1891 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 508. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.000°N, 70.836°W.
Population
In 1891, St. François had a population of 508: 248 male and 260 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 521 |
| 1861 | 561 |
| 1871 | 552 |
| 1881 | 496 |
| 1891 | 508 |
| 1901 | 496 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 414 |
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. François shared boundaries with:
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 508 total population, 260 females, 248 males, 158 married persons, 80 married males, 78 married females, 77 families, 28 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 322 single persons under 18, 164 single females under 18, 158 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 508 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 76 houses, 76 occupied houses, 75 houses of 1 story, 46 houses built of stone, 30 houses built of wood, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 15 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 11 houses of 2 rooms, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,348 bushels of potatoes, 16,945 pounds of homemade butter, 8,978 acres of land in farms, 7,669 bushels of oats, 6,577 acres of improved land in farms, 3,425 acres of farmland under crops, 3,060 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,913 bushels of rye, 2,719 bushels of peas, 2,401 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,367 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,739 chickens, 1,164 acres of oats, 1,102 tons of hay, 1,001 acres of hay crops, 757 sheep, 596 bushels of buckwheat, 353 other cattle, 344 bushels of turnips, 320 sheep slaughtered or sold, 306 milk cows, 203 swine slaughtered or sold, 188 swine, 172 acres of potatoes, 148 oxen, 128 bushels of spring wheat, 97 cattle killed or sold, 92 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 87 horses aged over 3 years, 83 bushels of barley, 78 bushels of beans, 77 occupants of farms, 75 farm occupants who own their land, 73 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 59 ducks, 54 other fowl, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 32 horses aged 3 years and under, 19 acres of wheat, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 geese, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of barley, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC172007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075007_1851— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462178
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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. François, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc172007-1891/.