St. Jean-Baptiste, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jean-Baptiste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,455. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.509°N, 73.118°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jean-Baptiste had a population of 1,455: 741 male and 714 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,455 |
| 1901 | 1,298 |
| 1911 | 1,246 |
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. Jean Baptiste de Rouville, 1881 (90.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Jean-Baptiste shared boundaries with:
- St. Damase
- St. Hilaire
- St. Mathias
- St. Michel de Rougemont
- Ste. Marie de Monnoir
- Ste. Marie Madeleine
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 1,455 total population, 741 males, 714 females, 458 married persons, 258 families, 229 married females, 229 married males, 44 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 953 single persons under 18, 496 single males under 18, 457 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,449 French Canadians, 6 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 256 houses, 256 occupied houses, 244 houses built of wood, 177 houses of 1 story, 81 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 79 houses of 2 stories, 63 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 33 houses of 5 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 6 houses built of stone, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,224 bushels of oats, 21,585 acres of land in farms, 17,997 acres of improved land in farms, 15,284 bushels of potatoes, 15,130 bushels of barley, 14,865 pounds of homemade butter, 12,692 acres of farmland under crops, 7,684 acres of hay crops, 6,259 tons of hay, 6,037 bushels of peas, 5,054 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,048 bushels of spring wheat, 4,515 chickens, 3,588 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,654 acres of oats, 2,022 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,396 bushels of buckwheat, 1,336 bushels of corn, 1,057 acres of barley, 1,052 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,029 milk cows, 637 swine, 628 sheep, 608 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 573 acres of wheat, 570 horses aged over 3 years, 541 swine slaughtered or sold, 531 sheep slaughtered or sold, 445 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 434 other cattle, 351 other fowl, 294 cattle killed or sold, 285 geese, 254 horses aged 3 years and under, 251 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 243 occupants of farms, 208 farm occupants who own their land, 167 bushels of turnips, 162 turkeys, 144 acres of potatoes, 119 bushels of beans, 73 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 ducks, 35 farm occupants who rent their land, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 oxen, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC184010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC194006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462497
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Jean-Baptiste, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-baptiste-qc184010-1891/.