St. Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Gabriel de Valcartier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 504. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462213. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.949°N, 71.465°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Gabriel de Valcartier had a population of 504: 256 male and 248 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 592 |
| 1891 | 504 |
| 1901 | 452 |
| 1911 | 470 |
| 1921 | 287 |
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. Gabriel de Valcartier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 504 total population, 256 males, 248 females, 166 married persons, 104 families, 83 married females, 83 married males, 24 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 314 single persons under 18, 163 single males under 18, 151 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 496 persons who are not French Canadian, 8 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 101 houses, 101 occupied houses, 99 houses built of wood, 98 houses of 1 story, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 5 rooms, 16 houses of 3 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 39,580 pounds of homemade butter, 30,006 bushels of oats, 23,745 bushels of potatoes, 16,163 acres of land in farms, 8,607 acres of improved land in farms, 7,556 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,869 acres of farmland under crops, 4,001 chickens, 3,737 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,911 acres of oats, 1,764 acres of hay crops, 1,083 tons of hay, 1,032 turkeys, 809 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 611 bushels of turnips, 531 milk cows, 371 ducks, 369 swine, 366 sheep, 353 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 302 other cattle, 275 swine slaughtered or sold, 232 acres of potatoes, 166 horses aged over 3 years, 131 cattle killed or sold, 124 sheep slaughtered or sold, 104 occupants of farms, 102 geese, 100 farm occupants who own their land, 51 horses aged 3 years and under, 48 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of buckwheat, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of corn, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 other fowl, 1 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC180011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462213
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier
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. Gabriel de Valcartier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-de-valcartier-qc180011-1891/.