St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 7,016. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 72.954°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité had a population of 7,016: 3,210 male and 3,806 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,746 |
| 1881 | 5,321 |
| 1891 | 7,016 |
| 1901 | 9,210 |
| 1911 | 9,797 |
| 1921 | 10,859 |
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. Hyacinthe, City—Cité shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 7,016 total population, 3,806 females, 3,210 males, 2,385 married persons, 1,274 families, 1,195 married males, 1,190 married females, 289 widowed persons, 195 widowed females, 94 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 4,342 single persons under 18, 2,421 single females under 18, 1,921 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 6,813 French Canadians, 203 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 1,001 houses, 1,001 occupied houses, 728 houses built of wood, 605 houses of 2 stories, 422 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 302 houses of 1 story, 251 houses built of brick, 142 houses of 4 rooms, 122 houses of 5 rooms, 104 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 84 houses of 3 rooms, 69 houses of 3 stories, 57 houses of over 15 rooms, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 39 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of more than 3 stories, 10 houses of 1 room, 9 houses built of stone, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,519 pounds of homemade butter, 3,777 bushels of potatoes, 2,779 acres of land in farms, 2,259 bushels of turnips, 2,137 chickens, 1,587 bushels of oats, 1,492 acres of improved land in farms, 1,287 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 864 acres of farmland under crops, 522 bushels of spring wheat, 487 acres of farmland in pasture, 459 tons of hay, 416 acres of hay crops, 367 bushels of buckwheat, 361 bushels of corn, 341 bushels of peas, 311 milk cows, 296 horses aged over 3 years, 259 occupants of farms, 242 other fowl, 223 farm occupants who own their land, 221 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 213 bushels of barley, 154 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 141 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 111 acres of oats, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 77 swine, 66 bushels of beans, 54 cattle killed or sold, 46 acres of potatoes, 46 turkeys, 44 sheep, 43 ducks, 43 swine slaughtered or sold, 36 farm occupants who rent their land, 29 other cattle, 21 geese, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 17 sheep slaughtered or sold, 12 acres of barley, 12 acres of wheat, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 horses aged 3 years and under, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 14 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Antoine Dessaulles | 1818–1895 | born here |
| Louis-Zéphirin Moreau | 1824–1901 | died here |
| Aurélie Caouette | 1833–1905 | born and died here |
| Louis Côté | 1836–1915 | died here |
| Boucher de la Bruère | 1837–1917 | born here |
| Alexandrine Teyssèdre | 1842–1921 | died here |
| Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne | 1844–1910 | died here |
| Élisabeth Bergeron | 1851–1936 | died here |
| Dominique-Ceslas Gonthier | 1853–1917 | died here |
| Claver Casavant | 1855–1933 | born and died here |
| Omer-Edmond Dalaire | 1856–1919 | died here |
| Élie Bourbeau | 1864–1934 | died here |
| Honoré Mercier | 1875–1937 | born here |
| Marie-Victorin | 1885–1944 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC185007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141873
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
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. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hyacinthe-city-cit-qc185007-1891/.