Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
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 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 density was 3970.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 170 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 1,274 |
| Number of families | 1,274 |
| Number of females | 3,806 |
| Number of males | 3,210 |
| Number of married females | 1,190 |
| Number of married males | 1,195 |
| Number of married persons | 2,385 |
| Number of widowed females | 195 |
| Number of widowed males | 94 |
| Number of widowed persons | 289 |
| POP F | 3,806 |
| POP M | 3,210 |
| POP TOT | 7,016 |
| Total population | 7,016 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 2,421 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,921 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 4,342 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 6,813 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 203 |
Buildings & housing (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 1,001 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 251 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 9 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 728 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 10 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 302 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 104 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 47 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 605 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 84 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 69 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 142 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 122 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 422 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 12 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 57 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of occupied houses | 1,001 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 12 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 141 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 487 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,287 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 864 |
| Acres of hay crops | 416 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,492 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,779 |
| Acres of oats | 111 |
| Acres of potatoes | 46 |
| Acres of turnips | 7 |
| Acres of wheat | 12 |
| BAR AC | 12 |
| BAR BU | 213 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 213 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 66 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 367 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 361 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,587 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 341 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,777 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 522 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,259 |
| BWT BU | 367 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 100 |
| CRN BU | 361 |
| HAY AC | 416 |
| HAY TONS | 459 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 54 |
| Number of chickens | 2,137 |
| Number of ducks | 43 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 223 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 36 |
| Number of geese | 21 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 5 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 296 |
| Number of milk cows | 311 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 259 |
| Number of other cattle | 29 |
| Number of other fowl | 242 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 21 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 221 |
| Number of sheep | 44 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 17 |
| Number of swine | 77 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 43 |
| Number of turkeys | 46 |
| OAT AC | 111 |
| OAT BU | 1,587 |
| PEA BU | 341 |
| POT AC | 46 |
| POT BU | 3,777 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 154 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 20 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 16,519 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 459 |
| WHT AC | 12 |
| WHT SP BU | 522 |
Other recorded variables (69 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 6 |
| A 11 50 | 21 |
| A 201 PL | 2 |
| A 51 100 | 9 |
| BEN BU | 66 |
| BUTTER LB | 16,519 |
| CATTLE KS | 54 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 2,421 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 1,921 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 4,342 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 154 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 5 |
| DUCKS | 43 |
| FAMILIES | 1,274 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 20 |
| FRN CA | 6,813 |
| GEESE | 21 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,137 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 296 |
| HOUSES | 1,001 |
| HOUSES B | 251 |
| HOUSES CON | 5 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 104 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 122 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 142 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 10 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 302 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 12 |
| HOUSES S | 9 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 422 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 57 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 84 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 69 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 47 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 605 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 39 |
| HOUSES W | 728 |
| INF 11 A | 221 |
| MD FEM | 1,190 |
| MD MALE | 1,195 |
| MD TOT | 2,385 |
| MILK COWS | 311 |
| NAME CD | St. Hyacinthe |
| OC F | 36 |
| OC P | 223 |
| OC TOT | 259 |
| OTHER FOWL | 242 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 29 |
| OTHERS | 203 |
| SHEEP | 44 |
| SHEEP KS | 17 |
| SILOS | 100 |
| SUP AM | 1,492 |
| SUP FOR | 1,287 |
| SUP JV | 141 |
| SUP PAT | 487 |
| SUP SC | 864 |
| SUP TOT | 2,779 |
| SWINE | 77 |
| SWINE KS | 43 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 1,001 |
| TUR AC | 7 |
| TUR BU | 2,259 |
| TURKEY | 46 |
| WID FEM | 195 |
| WID MALE | 94 |
| WID TOT | 289 |
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: 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. 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/.