St. Ignace, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Ignace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,276. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.309°N, 74.194°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Ignace had a population of 1,276: 630 male and 646 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,447 |
| 1891 | 1,276 |
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. Ignace shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,276 total population, 646 females, 630 males, 391 married persons, 217 families, 196 married males, 195 married females, 49 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 836 single persons under 18, 422 single males under 18, 414 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,239 French Canadians, 37 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, 195 houses built of wood, 146 houses of 1 story, 63 houses of 2 stories, 57 houses of 3 rooms, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 2 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses built of stone, 7 houses built of brick, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,063 bushels of oats, 26,920 pounds of homemade butter, 20,295 bushels of potatoes, 12,439 acres of land in farms, 9,772 acres of improved land in farms, 6,787 acres of farmland under crops, 5,365 bushels of buckwheat, 4,125 bushels of corn, 3,423 bushels of turnips, 3,406 chickens, 2,994 acres of oats, 2,829 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,667 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,202 acres of hay crops, 1,839 bushels of barley, 1,612 tons of hay, 1,450 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,264 bushels of peas, 684 bushels of spring wheat, 675 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 541 milk cows, 459 swine slaughtered or sold, 449 swine, 428 sheep, 420 other cattle, 400 sheep slaughtered or sold, 351 horses aged over 3 years, 249 cattle killed or sold, 212 occupants of farms, 186 acres of barley, 185 turkeys, 181 acres of potatoes, 156 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 140 farm occupants who own their land, 135 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 131 horses aged 3 years and under, 115 acres of wheat, 110 geese, 101 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 74 bushels of beans, 71 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 27 ducks, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jules Fournier | 1884–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC190006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC190006— 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-qc190006-1891/.