St. Jean Port Joli, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Jean Port Joli was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,171. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.196°N, 70.249°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Jean Port Joli had a population of 2,171: 1,085 male and 1,086 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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 Port Joli shared boundaries with:

• L'Islet
• St. Aubert
• St. Roch des Aulnaies
• Ste. Louise

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,171 total population, 1,086 females, 1,085 males, 654 married persons, 374 families, 328 married males, 326 married females, 89 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,428 single persons under 18, 720 single males under 18, 708 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,171 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 310 occupied houses, 309 houses, 304 houses built of wood, 281 houses of 1 story, 129 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 59 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 5 rooms, 35 uninhabited houses, 28 houses of 2 stories, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 19 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses built of brick, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 95,338 pounds of homemade butter, 66,103 bushels of potatoes, 42,304 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 34,655 acres of land in farms, 24,069 bushels of oats, 20,313 acres of improved land in farms, 14,342 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 10,088 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,027 acres of farmland under crops, 7,284 bushels of spring wheat, 6,988 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,652 chickens, 4,245 bushels of turnips, 3,769 acres of hay crops, 3,646 tons of hay, 2,683 acres of oats, 2,440 sheep, 1,833 bushels of barley, 1,541 bushels of rye, 1,462 bushels of peas, 1,366 swine, 1,355 milk cows, 1,148 acres of wheat, 1,066 sheep slaughtered or sold, 858 swine slaughtered or sold, 664 other cattle, 549 acres of potatoes, 525 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 405 horses aged over 3 years, 393 geese, 336 bushels of corn, 318 occupants of farms, 278 farm occupants who own their land, 225 cattle killed or sold, 198 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 167 acres of barley, 134 horses aged 3 years and under, 133 ducks, 129 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 76 bushels of beans, 74 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 74 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 72 oxen, 63 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 39 farm occupants who rent their land, 38 bushels of buckwheat, 35 other fowl, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 29 turkeys, 23 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 19 acres of turnips, 18 bushels of winter wheat, 1 employees on farms. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC165007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC067008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462513
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-Port-Joli

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 Port Joli, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-port-joli-qc165007-1891/.