St. Guillaume, VL, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Guillaume, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,821. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138103957. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.879°N, 72.763°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Guillaume, VL had a population of 2,821: 1,399 male and 1,422 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,532 |
| 1881 | 2,751 |
| 1891 | 2,821 |
| 1911 | 905 |
| 1921 | 937 |
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. Guillaume, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,821 total population, 1,422 females, 1,399 males, 950 married persons, 514 families, 475 married females, 475 married males, 95 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,776 single persons under 18, 889 single females under 18, 887 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,820 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 507 houses, 507 occupied houses, 505 houses built of wood, 268 houses of 1 story, 236 houses of 2 stories, 210 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 131 houses of 3 rooms, 61 houses of 4 rooms, 59 uninhabited houses, 49 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 56,343 bushels of oats, 34,635 pounds of homemade butter, 30,196 acres of land in farms, 21,963 acres of improved land in farms, 16,698 acres of farmland under crops, 15,360 bushels of potatoes, 8,649 acres of hay crops, 8,485 chickens, 8,233 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,995 tons of hay, 5,259 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,211 acres of oats, 4,113 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,351 bushels of spring wheat, 3,167 bushels of buckwheat, 3,051 bushels of peas, 2,304 bushels of barley, 1,598 swine, 1,569 sheep, 1,005 milk cows, 755 swine slaughtered or sold, 679 horses aged over 3 years, 678 other cattle, 555 sheep slaughtered or sold, 476 occupants of farms, 440 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 432 acres of wheat, 427 farm occupants who own their land, 414 geese, 402 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 331 bushels of corn, 211 horses aged 3 years and under, 188 turkeys, 185 acres of potatoes, 172 acres of barley, 161 cattle killed or sold, 141 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 131 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 86 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 64 ducks, 49 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 oxen, 36 bushels of beans, 27 bushels of turnips, 27 other fowl, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 bushels of rye, 6 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC153021— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC100019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138103957
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. Guillaume, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-guillaume-vl-qc153021-1891/.