St. Jérôme, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Jérôme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,835. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.403°N, 71.891°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Jérôme had a population of 1,835: 944 male and 891 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 contained St. Jérôme, 1881 (68.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jérôme, Village, 1901 (0.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

• NO DATA
• Notre-Dame d’Hébertville
• St. Gédéon, VL
• St. Hilaire, Dequen, Dablon, &c.
• St. Louis de Metabetchouan

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,835 total population, 944 males, 891 females, 566 married persons, 284 married females, 282 married males, 249 families, 39 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 7.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,230 single persons under 18, 647 single males under 18, 583 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,833 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 226 houses, 226 occupied houses, 225 houses built of wood, 218 houses of 1 story, 49 houses of 4 rooms, 48 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 31 houses of 1 room, 31 houses of 5 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 22,994 acres of land in farms, 20,884 bushels of potatoes, 17,741 bushels of oats, 15,311 pounds of homemade butter, 13,717 acres of improved land in farms, 10,897 bushels of spring wheat, 9,277 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,054 acres of farmland under crops, 6,886 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,612 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,522 bushels of peas, 3,474 bushels of buckwheat, 2,144 chickens, 1,724 sheep, 1,669 acres of hay crops, 1,573 tons of hay, 1,449 acres of oats, 1,233 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,223 acres of wheat, 1,078 bushels of rye, 952 milk cows, 811 bushels of barley, 629 swine slaughtered or sold, 574 swine, 554 other cattle, 508 bushels of turnips, 367 cattle killed or sold, 326 horses aged over 3 years, 310 geese, 207 occupants of farms, 193 farm occupants who own their land, 172 acres of potatoes, 118 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 105 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 93 oxen, 77 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 59 bushels of beans, 56 acres of barley, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 51 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 50 ducks, 31 turkeys, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 bushels of corn, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC149024 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC149024 — 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. Jérôme, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-j-r-me-qc149024-1891/.