St. Hughes, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Hughes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,003. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.796°N, 72.840°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Hughes had a population of 2,003: 1,018 male and 985 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,273 |
| 1891 | 2,003 |
| 1901 | 1,799 |
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. Hughes shared boundaries with:
- St. Barnabé
- St. Eugène de Grantham
- St. Guillaume, VL
- St. Jude
- St. Louis de Bonsecours
- St. Marcel
- St. Simon
- Ste. Hélène
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,003 total population, 1,018 males, 985 females, 693 married persons, 371 families, 347 married males, 346 married females, 92 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 42 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,218 single persons under 18, 629 single males under 18, 589 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,996 French Canadians, 7 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 371 houses, 371 occupied houses, 368 houses of 1 story, 364 houses built of wood, 28 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,658 bushels of oats, 24,385 acres of land in farms, 20,230 pounds of homemade butter, 17,886 acres of improved land in farms, 12,847 bushels of potatoes, 12,709 acres of farmland under crops, 11,289 bushels of turnips, 7,165 acres of hay crops, 6,499 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,846 tons of hay, 5,216 chickens, 5,124 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,785 bushels of barley, 3,851 bushels of buckwheat, 3,684 acres of oats, 2,786 bushels of peas, 2,721 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,467 bushels of spring wheat, 2,000 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,750 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,084 milk cows, 906 sheep, 685 sheep slaughtered or sold, 684 other cattle, 635 swine, 556 swine slaughtered or sold, 550 horses aged over 3 years, 422 bushels of corn, 413 acres of barley, 367 acres of wheat, 311 occupants of farms, 278 farm occupants who own their land, 264 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 258 horses aged 3 years and under, 198 acres of potatoes, 194 cattle killed or sold, 162 geese, 138 other fowl, 108 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 83 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 76 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 45 acres of turnips, 38 turkeys, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 22 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 oxen, 7 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC138007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC138008_1881— 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. Hughes, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hughes-qc138007-1891/.