St. George de Clarenceville, Quebec (1891 census)
St. George de Clarenceville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,138. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.060°N, 73.202°W.
Population
In 1891, St. George de Clarenceville had a population of 1,138: 598 male and 540 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,186 |
| 1891 | 1,138 |
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. George de Clarenceville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,138 total population, 598 males, 540 females, 394 married persons, 232 families, 197 married females, 197 married males, 59 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 685 single persons under 18, 378 single males under 18, 307 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 903 persons who are not French Canadian, 235 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 229 houses, 229 occupied houses, 188 houses built of wood, 187 houses of 2 stories, 101 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 43 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 40 houses of 1 story, 33 houses built of brick, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses built of stone, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 89,357 pounds of homemade butter, 21,190 bushels of oats, 20,183 acres of land in farms, 14,973 acres of improved land in farms, 11,626 bushels of potatoes, 9,746 acres of farmland under crops, 8,063 bushels of corn, 6,479 acres of hay crops, 6,233 tons of hay, 5,210 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,774 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,472 bushels of buckwheat, 4,307 chickens, 2,988 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,043 bushels of barley, 1,607 acres of oats, 1,026 bushels of peas, 1,004 milk cows, 833 bushels of spring wheat, 804 bushels of turnips, 618 swine slaughtered or sold, 603 sheep, 536 horses aged over 3 years, 505 cattle killed or sold, 499 bushels of beans, 481 other cattle, 478 swine, 453 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 350 sheep slaughtered or sold, 220 occupants of farms, 217 horses aged 3 years and under, 182 acres of barley, 171 farm occupants who own their land, 166 acres of potatoes, 163 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 133 geese, 133 turkeys, 108 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 85 acres of wheat, 76 bushels of rye, 76 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 62 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 56 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 48 farm occupants who rent their land, 40 ducks, 21 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 3 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC169013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC169013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. George de Clarenceville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-george-de-clarenceville-qc169013-1891/.