St. Ignace, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, 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 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,102 total population, 554 males, 548 females, 438 married persons, 220 families, 220 married females, 218 married males, 43 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 621 single persons under 18, 322 single males under 18, 299 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 569 French Canadians, 533 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 210 houses, 210 occupied houses, 181 houses built of wood, 173 houses of 2 stories, 108 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 36 houses of 1 story, 25 houses built of brick, 25 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 3 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 46,045 pounds of homemade butter, 21,646 bushels of oats, 19,460 bushels of potatoes, 14,788 acres of land in farms, 10,458 acres of improved land in farms, 8,397 bushels of corn, 6,235 acres of farmland under crops, 4,330 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,069 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,804 tons of hay, 3,582 acres of hay crops, 3,337 chickens, 2,684 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,349 bushels of barley, 1,324 bushels of buckwheat, 1,175 milk cows, 1,162 acres of oats, 1,005 bushels of spring wheat, 566 sheep, 545 other cattle, 533 bushels of turnips, 454 sheep slaughtered or sold, 447 swine slaughtered or sold, 431 bushels of peas, 375 swine, 356 horses aged over 3 years, 328 cattle killed or sold, 257 bushels of beans, 209 occupants of farms, 180 farm occupants who own their land, 154 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 133 horses aged 3 years and under, 132 acres of barley, 127 acres of potatoes, 99 geese, 86 turkeys, 69 acres of wheat, 63 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 56 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 53 ducks, 45 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 44 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 29 farm occupants who rent their land, 21 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 18 bushels of rye, 15 other fowl, 14 oxen, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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/.