St. George, Quebec (1891 census)
St. George was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,099. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q143227. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.131°N, 70.660°W.
Population
In 1891, St. George had a population of 3,099: 1,569 male and 1,530 female residents.
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. George, 1881 (83.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. George shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,099 total population, 1,569 males, 1,530 females, 949 married persons, 544 families, 476 married females, 473 married males, 86 widowed persons, 53 widowed females, 33 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,064 single persons under 18, 1,063 single males under 18, 1,001 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,834 French Canadians, 265 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 519 houses, 519 occupied houses, 516 houses built of wood, 429 houses of 1 story, 125 houses of 3 rooms, 93 houses of 1 room, 84 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 79 houses of 2 stories, 76 houses of 2 rooms, 66 houses of 4 rooms, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 49 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 15 houses under construction, 10 houses of 3 stories, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 107,554 pounds of homemade butter, 64,505 acres of land in farms, 55,812 bushels of oats, 32,342 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 32,163 acres of improved land in farms, 28,440 bushels of potatoes, 16,173 acres of farmland under crops, 15,863 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,597 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 9,843 acres of hay crops, 6,268 chickens, 6,175 tons of hay, 4,509 bushels of spring wheat, 4,399 acres of oats, 4,175 sheep, 2,483 bushels of turnips, 2,426 bushels of peas, 2,382 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,584 bushels of buckwheat, 1,381 milk cows, 1,038 other cattle, 808 bushels of barley, 794 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 753 swine slaughtered or sold, 633 acres of wheat, 556 occupants of farms, 541 horses aged over 3 years, 525 farm occupants who own their land, 513 swine, 502 cattle killed or sold, 492 oxen, 333 acres of potatoes, 216 bushels of beans, 200 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 191 bushels of corn, 188 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 154 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 149 bushels of rye, 143 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 143 horses aged 3 years and under, 127 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 117 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 71 acres of barley, 68 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 49 geese, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 acres of turnips, 16 turkeys, 15 other fowl, 13 ducks, Capacity of silos (tons): 4, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC139017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC139017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q143227
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, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-george-qc139017-1891/.