St. Jean de Matha, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jean de Matha was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,675. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462533. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.247°N, 73.533°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jean de Matha had a population of 2,675: 1,354 male and 1,321 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,346 |
| 1881 | 2,133 |
| 1891 | 2,675 |
| 1901 | 1,958 |
| 1911 | 1,958 |
| 1921 | 1,800 |
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. Jean de Matha shared boundaries with:
- St. Damien
- St. Félix de Valois
- St. Gabriel de Brandon
- Ste. Béatrice
- Ste. Emélie de l’Energie
- Ste. Mélanie
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 2,675 total population, 1,354 males, 1,321 females, 1,041 married persons, 557 families, 521 married males, 520 married females, 35 widowed persons, 19 widowed males, 16 widowed females, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,599 single persons under 18, 814 single males under 18, 785 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,671 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 399 occupied houses, 395 houses, 394 houses built of wood, 282 houses of 1 story, 113 houses of 2 stories, 106 houses of 3 rooms, 93 houses of 2 rooms, 69 houses of 1 room, 56 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,244 acres of land in farms, 27,303 bushels of oats, 26,242 pounds of homemade butter, 19,609 bushels of potatoes, 18,606 acres of improved land in farms, 13,935 acres of farmland under crops, 9,638 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,950 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 4,620 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,778 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,116 acres of hay crops, 2,739 tons of hay, 2,733 acres of oats, 2,656 bushels of buckwheat, 2,619 bushels of peas, 2,413 chickens, 1,824 bushels of spring wheat, 1,522 sheep, 1,493 bushels of turnips, 1,300 milk cows, 728 swine, 575 sheep slaughtered or sold, 543 bushels of corn, 429 other cattle, 401 horses aged over 3 years, 397 swine slaughtered or sold, 324 occupants of farms, 297 farm occupants who own their land, 284 acres of wheat, 251 bushels of barley, 231 acres of potatoes, 115 cattle killed or sold, 115 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 100 horses aged 3 years and under, 96 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 oxen, 73 bushels of beans, 57 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 51 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 39 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 37 turkeys, 31 acres of barley, 31 bushels of rye, 27 farm occupants who rent their land, 25 ducks, 17 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of turnips, 6 geese, 3 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Henri Picard | 1857–1934 | born here |
| Émiliano Renaud | 1875–1932 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC159010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC060011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462533
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Matha
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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 de Matha, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-de-matha-qc159010-1891/.