St. Gervais, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Gervais was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,072. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462315. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.710°N, 70.862°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Gervais had a population of 2,072: 1,059 male and 1,013 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Gervais, 1881 (93.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Gervais shared boundaries with:

• St. Anselme
• St. Charles
• St. Henri de Lauzon
• St. Lazare
• St. Nérée
• St. Raphaël

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,072 total population, 1,059 males, 1,013 females, 653 married persons, 432 families, 327 married males, 326 married females, 92 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 42 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,327 single persons under 18, 690 single males under 18, 637 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,072 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 345 houses, 345 occupied houses, 342 houses built of wood, 311 houses of 1 story, 89 houses of 3 rooms, 81 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 67 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 45 uninhabited houses, 41 houses of 2 rooms, 32 houses of 2 stories, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 116,496 pounds of homemade butter, 35,338 bushels of oats, 29,604 bushels of potatoes, 28,657 acres of land in farms, 23,119 acres of improved land in farms, 14,925 acres of farmland under crops, 9,090 acres of hay crops, 8,054 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,484 bushels of turnips, 5,538 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,507 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,139 tons of hay, 4,749 acres of oats, 3,012 bushels of buckwheat, 2,639 chickens, 1,977 bushels of spring wheat, 1,658 bushels of rye, 1,388 milk cows, 1,186 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,110 sheep, 883 sheep slaughtered or sold, 781 bushels of peas, 719 other cattle, 696 bushels of barley, 624 swine, 481 oxen, 369 horses aged over 3 years, 324 occupants of farms, 306 farm occupants who own their land, 296 acres of potatoes, 296 acres of wheat, 280 cattle killed or sold, 148 horses aged 3 years and under, 140 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 119 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 118 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 100 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 92 acres of turnips, 90 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 87 bushels of corn, 82 acres of barley, 74 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 70 bushels of beans, 27 ducks, 26 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 22 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 17 geese, 10 other fowl, Capacity of silos (tons): 4, 4 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC141006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC042010_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462315
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Gervais_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Gervais, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gervais-qc141006-1891/.