St. François, Quebec (1891 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,255. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462181. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.058°N, 72.857°W.
Population
In 1891, St. François had a population of 2,255: 1,113 male and 1,142 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,312 |
| 1871 | 2,329 |
| 1881 | 2,331 |
| 1891 | 2,255 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. François, 1901 (89.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. François shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,255 total population, 1,142 females, 1,113 males, 744 married persons, 374 married females, 370 married males, 367 families, 93 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 36 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,418 single persons under 18, 711 single females under 18, 707 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,245 French Canadians, 10 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 367 occupied houses, 366 houses, 354 houses of 1 story, 348 houses built of wood, 116 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 65 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses built of brick, 12 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 2 houses built of stone, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,439 bushels of oats, 25,290 acres of land in farms, 17,159 bushels of potatoes, 15,138 acres of improved land in farms, 13,910 pounds of homemade butter, 11,331 acres of farmland under crops, 10,152 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,215 bushels of buckwheat, 4,047 chickens, 3,787 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,380 bushels of peas, 2,912 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,772 acres of oats, 2,464 bushels of spring wheat, 1,992 tons of hay, 1,956 acres of hay crops, 960 sheep, 944 milk cows, 816 swine, 767 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 745 bushels of corn, 653 other cattle, 590 bushels of rye, 511 acres of wheat, 478 horses aged over 3 years, 348 occupants of farms, 339 farm occupants who own their land, 311 bushels of barley, 306 sheep slaughtered or sold, 216 bushels of beans, 211 acres of potatoes, 175 swine slaughtered or sold, 153 ducks, 138 horses aged 3 years and under, 136 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 120 bushels of winter wheat, 105 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 77 cattle killed or sold, 74 turkeys, 72 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 71 bushels of turnips, 70 geese, 59 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 27 acres of barley, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 other fowl, 3 oxen, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC197005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462181
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
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-qc197005-1891/.