St. Grégoire, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Grégoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.261°N, 72.493°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Grégoire had a population of 1,843: 902 male and 941 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

• Bécancour
• Larochelle, Village
• Nicolet
• St. Célestin
• Ste. Angèle de Laval
• Ste. Monique

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,843 total population, 941 females, 902 males, 509 married persons, 277 families, 257 married females, 252 married males, 59 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,275 single persons under 18, 645 single females under 18, 630 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,838 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 270 houses, 270 occupied houses, 248 houses built of wood, 177 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 170 houses of 2 stories, 100 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 13 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses built of stone, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 52,874 bushels of oats, 36,224 acres of land in farms, 34,187 pounds of homemade butter, 24,570 acres of improved land in farms, 22,546 bushels of potatoes, 17,976 acres of farmland under crops, 11,654 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,362 acres of hay crops, 8,166 bushels of buckwheat, 6,662 tons of hay, 6,521 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,163 chickens, 5,132 acres of oats, 4,951 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,381 bushels of spring wheat, 1,887 bushels of peas, 1,511 milk cows, 1,421 sheep, 946 sheep slaughtered or sold, 931 other cattle, 823 bushels of barley, 805 swine slaughtered or sold, 762 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 657 swine, 566 acres of wheat, 564 bushels of turnips, 562 bushels of corn, 518 horses aged over 3 years, 308 cattle killed or sold, 286 acres of potatoes, 268 occupants of farms, 266 farm occupants who own their land, 238 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 179 horses aged 3 years and under, 166 geese, 121 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 bushels of beans, 89 bushels of rye, 73 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 70 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 acres of barley, 45 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 oxen, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 20 ducks, 9 turkeys, 6 other fowl, 5 acres of turnips, 4 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 3, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC175011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC179012 — 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. Grégoire, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gr-goire-qc175011-1891/.