St. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c., Quebec (1891 census)
St. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c. was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,124. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.251°N, 72.102°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c. had a population of 1,124: 593 male and 531 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Thomas d’Aquin, 1901 (67.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. François de Sales, 1901 (22.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c. shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,124 total population, 593 males, 531 females, 375 married persons, 198 families, 188 married males, 187 married females, 13 widowed persons, 10 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 736 single persons under 18, 395 single males under 18, 341 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,120 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 162 houses, 162 houses built of wood, 162 occupied houses, 161 houses of 1 story, 75 houses of 1 room, 51 uninhabited houses, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 6 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 2 houses of 5 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 23,742 acres of land in farms, 19,135 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,841 pounds of homemade butter, 5,296 bushels of potatoes, 4,607 acres of improved land in farms, 3,882 bushels of oats, 3,676 acres of farmland under crops, 1,752 bushels of peas, 1,693 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,162 bushels of spring wheat, 1,099 bushels of barley, 1,038 chickens, 902 acres of farmland in pasture, 874 acres of hay crops, 866 bushels of rye, 725 bushels of turnips, 527 sheep, 491 tons of hay, 391 acres of oats, 254 milk cows, 220 acres of wheat, 199 sheep slaughtered or sold, 182 swine slaughtered or sold, 171 occupants of farms, 161 bushels of buckwheat, 150 other cattle, 140 farm occupants who own their land, 140 swine, 136 horses aged over 3 years, 107 acres of barley, 98 cattle killed or sold, 87 acres of potatoes, 53 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 33 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 oxen, 28 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 employees on farms, 17 geese, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 turkeys, 9 acres of turnips, 8 ducks, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149023— 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. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c., Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilaire-dequen-dablon-c-qc149023-1891/.