St. Hubert, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Hubert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 944. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912286. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.491°N, 73.400°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Hubert had a population of 944: 482 male and 462 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,157 |
| 1871 | 1,013 |
| 1881 | 1,136 |
| 1891 | 944 |
| 1901 | 963 |
| 1911 | 952 |
| 1921 | 2,225 |
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. Hubert shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 944 total population, 482 males, 462 females, 280 married persons, 163 families, 140 married females, 140 married males, 36 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 628 single persons under 18, 325 single males under 18, 303 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 941 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 160 houses, 160 occupied houses, 122 houses built of wood, 122 houses of 1 story, 98 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 2 stories, 35 houses of 4 rooms, 34 uninhabited houses, 25 houses built of stone, 13 houses built of brick, 11 houses of 5 rooms, 6 houses of 3 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 57,325 bushels of oats, 40,517 pounds of homemade butter, 19,396 acres of land in farms, 17,565 acres of improved land in farms, 15,641 acres of farmland under crops, 11,961 bushels of potatoes, 10,931 acres of hay crops, 9,793 chickens, 8,568 tons of hay, 6,648 bushels of buckwheat, 3,748 bushels of peas, 3,543 acres of oats, 1,939 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,867 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,831 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,398 bushels of barley, 1,221 turkeys, 545 horses aged over 3 years, 513 sheep, 418 swine slaughtered or sold, 366 bushels of spring wheat, 343 milk cows, 310 swine, 281 bushels of corn, 253 sheep slaughtered or sold, 228 ducks, 212 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 190 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 171 bushels of beans, 169 cattle killed or sold, 166 horses aged 3 years and under, 161 other cattle, 160 occupants of farms, 127 acres of potatoes, 109 acres of barley, 108 farm occupants who own their land, 62 geese, 59 acres of wheat, 58 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 57 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 52 farm occupants who rent their land, 44 bushels of turnips, 44 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 other fowl, 13 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 2 oxen, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Maurice Perrault | 1857–1909 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC145010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC046006_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912286
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. Hubert, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hubert-qc145010-1891/.