St. Ignace, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Ignace was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,102. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.188°N, 72.935°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Ignace had a population of 1,102: 554 male and 548 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Stanbridge, 1881 (30.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Ignace shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 172 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5 |
| FAM NO | 220 |
| Number of families | 220 |
| Number of females | 548 |
| Number of males | 554 |
| Number of married females | 220 |
| Number of married males | 218 |
| Number of married persons | 438 |
| Number of widowed females | 29 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 43 |
| POP F | 548 |
| POP M | 554 |
| POP TOT | 1,102 |
| Total population | 1,102 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 299 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 322 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 621 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 569 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 533 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 210 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 25 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 4 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 181 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 2 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 36 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 173 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 108 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 210 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 132 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 154 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 4,069 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 4,330 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 6,235 |
| Acres of hay crops | 3,582 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 10,458 |
| Acres of land in farms | 14,788 |
| Acres of oats | 1,162 |
| Acres of potatoes | 127 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 69 |
| BAR AC | 132 |
| BAR BU | 2,349 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,349 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 257 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,324 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8,397 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 21,646 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 431 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 19,460 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,005 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 533 |
| BWT BU | 1,324 |
| CRN BU | 8,397 |
| HAY AC | 3,582 |
| HAY TONS | 3,804 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 328 |
| Number of chickens | 3,337 |
| Number of ducks | 53 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 180 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 29 |
| Number of geese | 99 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 133 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 356 |
| Number of milk cows | 1,175 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 209 |
| Number of other cattle | 545 |
| Number of other fowl | 15 |
| Number of oxen | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 37 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 56 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 63 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 44 |
| Number of sheep | 566 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 454 |
| Number of swine | 375 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 447 |
| Number of turkeys | 86 |
| OAT AC | 1,162 |
| OAT BU | 21,646 |
| PEA BU | 431 |
| POT AC | 127 |
| POT BU | 19,460 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 60 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 2,684 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 45 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 46,045 |
| RYE BU | 18 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,804 |
| WHT AC | 69 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,005 |
Other recorded variables (69 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 37 |
| A 11 50 | 56 |
| A 201 PL | 9 |
| A 51 100 | 63 |
| BEN BU | 257 |
| BUTTER LB | 46,045 |
| CATTLE KS | 328 |
| CHEESE LB | 60 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 299 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 322 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 621 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 2,684 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 133 |
| DUCKS | 53 |
| FAMILIES | 220 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 45 |
| FRN CA | 569 |
| GEESE | 99 |
| GRA BU | 21 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 3,337 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 356 |
| HOUSES | 210 |
| HOUSES B | 25 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 25 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 21 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 19 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 2 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 36 |
| HOUSES S | 4 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 108 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 18 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 16 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 173 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 17 |
| HOUSES W | 181 |
| INF 11 A | 44 |
| MD FEM | 220 |
| MD MALE | 218 |
| MD TOT | 438 |
| MILK COWS | 1,175 |
| NAME CD | Missisquoi |
| OC F | 29 |
| OC P | 180 |
| OC TOT | 209 |
| OTHER FOWL | 15 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 545 |
| OTHERS | 533 |
| SHEEP | 566 |
| SHEEP KS | 454 |
| SUP AM | 10,458 |
| SUP FOR | 4,330 |
| SUP JV | 154 |
| SUP PAT | 4,069 |
| SUP SC | 6,235 |
| SUP TOT | 14,788 |
| SWINE | 375 |
| SWINE KS | 447 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 210 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 533 |
| TURKEY | 86 |
| WID FEM | 29 |
| WID MALE | 14 |
| WID TOT | 43 |
| WORKING OX | 14 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC169018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC169018— 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. Ignace, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ignace-qc169018-1891/.