St. Jacques, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jacques was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,423. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912312. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.955°N, 73.570°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jacques had a population of 2,423: 1,185 male and 1,238 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,423 |
| 1901 | 2,580 |
| 1911 | — |
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 was contained in St. Jacques, 1881 (65.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Jacques shared boundaries with:
- L'Epiphanie
- St. Alexis
- St. Esprit
- St. Liguori
- St. Paul
- St. Roch de l’Achigan
- Ste. Julienne
- Ste. Marie-Salomé
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,423 total population, 1,238 females, 1,185 males, 812 married persons, 495 families, 407 married females, 405 married males, 94 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 38 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,517 single persons under 18, 775 single females under 18, 742 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,422 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 408 houses, 408 occupied houses, 380 houses of 1 story, 357 houses built of wood, 127 houses of 3 rooms, 83 houses of 4 rooms, 78 houses of 5 rooms, 58 houses of 2 rooms, 51 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 2 stories, 27 houses built of stone, 24 houses built of brick, 13 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 91,092 pounds of homemade butter, 38,513 bushels of oats, 27,081 acres of land in farms, 25,659 bushels of potatoes, 17,520 acres of improved land in farms, 16,656 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 12,646 acres of farmland under crops, 10,138 bushels of turnips, 9,643 chickens, 9,561 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,956 bushels of corn, 7,317 tons of hay, 5,863 bushels of buckwheat, 5,183 acres of hay crops, 4,841 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,438 bushels of spring wheat, 3,564 bushels of barley, 3,347 acres of oats, 3,093 bushels of peas, 2,181 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,172 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,748 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,425 swine, 1,251 milk cows, 992 sheep, 691 horses aged over 3 years, 676 swine slaughtered or sold, 517 other cattle, 468 sheep slaughtered or sold, 418 acres of wheat, 407 turkeys, 384 occupants of farms, 373 farm occupants who own their land, 287 bushels of beans, 249 horses aged 3 years and under, 238 cattle killed or sold, 237 acres of potatoes, 227 acres of barley, 138 oxen, 121 bushels of rye, 112 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 108 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 93 ducks, 82 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 62 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 52 geese, 41 other fowl, 33 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 19 acres of turnips, 13 bushels of winter wheat, 11 farm occupants who rent their land. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Médéric Foucher | 1838–1909 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC170006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912312
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. Jacques, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jacques-qc170006-1891/.