St. Irénée, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Irénée was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,152. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912301. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.575°N, 70.246°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Irénée had a population of 1,152: 588 male and 564 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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 contained St. Irénée, 1881 (77.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Irénée shared boundaries with:

• Les Eboulements
• Malbaie
• St. Hilarion
• Ste. Agnès

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 1,152 total population, 588 males, 564 females, 389 married persons, 195 married females, 194 married males, 151 families, 25 widowed persons, 13 widowed males, 12 widowed females, 7.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 738 single persons under 18, 381 single males under 18, 357 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,152 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 138 houses, 138 occupied houses, 137 houses built of wood, 122 houses of 1 story, 38 houses of 2 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 15 houses of 2 stories, 15 houses of 5 rooms, 9 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,209 acres of land in farms, 16,428 bushels of potatoes, 14,036 pounds of homemade butter, 10,947 acres of improved land in farms, 6,326 acres of farmland under crops, 6,262 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,900 bushels of oats, 4,577 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,821 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,607 bushels of spring wheat, 1,790 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,625 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,303 acres of oats, 1,274 bushels of buckwheat, 1,212 chickens, 1,097 sheep, 1,079 acres of hay crops, 1,057 tons of hay, 989 bushels of peas, 958 acres of wheat, 934 bushels of rye, 785 sheep slaughtered or sold, 575 bushels of turnips, 365 swine slaughtered or sold, 359 milk cows, 350 other cattle, 350 swine, 329 bushels of barley, 217 geese, 189 cattle killed or sold, 179 horses aged over 3 years, 127 occupants of farms, 124 oxen, 123 farm occupants who own their land, 110 acres of potatoes, 84 other fowl, 62 horses aged 3 years and under, 54 turkeys, 44 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 36 acres of barley, 32 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 31 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 ducks, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 acres of turnips, 3 bushels of beans. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC147010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912301

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. Irénée, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ir-n-e-qc147010-1891/.