St. Jean, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 761. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.203°N, 70.215°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jean had a population of 761: 387 male and 374 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 348 |
| 1871 | 612 |
| 1881 | 653 |
| 1891 | 761 |
| 1901 | 726 |
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 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 161 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 8 |
| FAM NO | 95 |
| Number of families | 95 |
| Number of females | 374 |
| Number of males | 387 |
| Number of married females | 118 |
| Number of married males | 118 |
| Number of married persons | 236 |
| Number of widowed females | 5 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 15 |
| POP F | 374 |
| POP M | 387 |
| POP TOT | 761 |
| Total population | 761 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 251 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 259 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 510 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 761 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 86 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 86 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 28 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 82 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 4 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 21 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 86 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 33 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 17 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 2,942 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 9,113 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,604 |
| Acres of hay crops | 532 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 4,563 |
| Acres of land in farms | 13,676 |
| Acres of oats | 403 |
| Acres of potatoes | 75 |
| Acres of turnips | 4 |
| Acres of wheat | 377 |
| BAR AC | 33 |
| BAR BU | 281 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 281 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 136 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,857 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,122 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,814 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 122 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,674 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 291 |
| BWT BU | 136 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 532 |
| HAY TONS | 551 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 63 |
| Number of chickens | 547 |
| Number of ducks | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 63 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 3 |
| Number of geese | 52 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 6 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 86 |
| Number of milk cows | 193 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 66 |
| Number of other cattle | 128 |
| Number of other fowl | 3 |
| Number of oxen | 55 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 13 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 5 |
| Number of sheep | 597 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 284 |
| Number of swine | 111 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 100 |
| Number of turkeys | 11 |
| OAT AC | 403 |
| OAT BU | 2,857 |
| PEA BU | 1,122 |
| POT AC | 75 |
| POT BU | 5,814 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 166 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,637 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 6,649 |
| RYE BU | 122 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 551 |
| WHT AC | 377 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,674 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 22 |
| A 11 50 | 4 |
| A 201 PL | 22 |
| A 51 100 | 13 |
| BEN BU | 14 |
| BUTTER LB | 6,649 |
| CATTLE KS | 63 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 251 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 259 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 510 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 166 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 6 |
| DUCKS | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 95 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 8 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,637 |
| FRN CA | 761 |
| GEESE | 52 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 547 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 86 |
| HOUSES | 86 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 3 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 3 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 13 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 28 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 82 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 5 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 21 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 12 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 4 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 86 |
| INF 11 A | 5 |
| MD FEM | 118 |
| MD MALE | 118 |
| MD TOT | 236 |
| MILK COWS | 193 |
| NAME CD | Chicoutimi and Saguenay |
| OC F | 3 |
| OC P | 63 |
| OC TOT | 66 |
| OTHER FOWL | 3 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 128 |
| OTHERS | 0 |
| SHEEP | 597 |
| SHEEP KS | 284 |
| SUP AM | 4,563 |
| SUP FOR | 9,113 |
| SUP JV | 17 |
| SUP PAT | 2,942 |
| SUP SC | 1,604 |
| SUP TOT | 13,676 |
| SWINE | 111 |
| SWINE KS | 100 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 86 |
| TUR AC | 4 |
| TUR BU | 291 |
| TURKEY | 11 |
| WID FEM | 5 |
| WID MALE | 10 |
| WID TOT | 15 |
| WORKING OX | 55 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC149004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149025— 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, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc149004-1891/.