St. Jean l’Evangéliste, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jean l’Evangéliste was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 875. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.274°N, 73.280°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jean l’Evangéliste had a population of 875: 443 male and 432 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jean l'Evangéliste, 1901 (82.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Jean l’Evangéliste shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 875 total population, 443 males, 432 females, 260 married persons, 143 families, 130 married females, 130 married males, 26 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 11 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 589 single persons under 18, 302 single males under 18, 287 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 858 French Canadians, 17 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 141 houses, 141 occupied houses, 123 houses of 1 story, 109 houses built of wood, 47 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 houses of 4 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 19 houses built of stone, 16 houses of 2 stories, 13 houses built of brick, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,172 bushels of oats, 24,040 pounds of homemade butter, 14,433 acres of land in farms, 13,139 acres of improved land in farms, 10,607 acres of farmland under crops, 9,119 bushels of potatoes, 5,535 bushels of peas, 5,343 acres of hay crops, 3,756 tons of hay, 3,432 chickens, 3,168 bushels of buckwheat, 2,739 bushels of barley, 2,542 bushels of corn, 2,465 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,076 acres of oats, 1,294 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,214 bushels of spring wheat, 1,133 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 926 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 576 bushels of turnips, 481 milk cows, 481 sheep, 416 horses aged over 3 years, 416 other cattle, 331 swine, 330 swine slaughtered or sold, 312 sheep slaughtered or sold, 241 acres of barley, 205 turkeys, 202 geese, 180 horses aged 3 years and under, 177 acres of wheat, 133 occupants of farms, 125 acres of potatoes, 120 bushels of beans, 113 farm occupants who own their land, 112 cattle killed or sold, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 58 ducks, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 42 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 41 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 13 oxen, 13 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 2 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC186002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC186002— 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. Jean l’Evangéliste, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-l-evang-liste-qc186002-1891/.