St. Jean, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,277. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462540. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.938°N, 70.909°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jean had a population of 1,277: 592 male and 685 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,281 |
| 1861 | 1,433 |
| 1871 | 1,436 |
| 1881 | 1,412 |
| 1891 | 1,277 |
| 1901 | 1,137 |
| 1911 | 940 |
| 1921 | 812 |
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 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,277 total population, 685 females, 592 males, 413 married persons, 231 families, 208 married females, 205 married males, 61 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 803 single persons under 18, 435 single females under 18, 368 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,274 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 214 houses, 214 occupied houses, 165 houses built of wood, 141 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 113 houses of 1 story, 98 houses of 2 stories, 47 houses built of stone, 25 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 11 uninhabited houses, 8 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 71,824 bushels of potatoes, 47,630 pounds of homemade butter, 28,175 bushels of oats, 14,240 acres of land in farms, 11,271 acres of improved land in farms, 5,613 acres of farmland under crops, 5,546 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,063 chickens, 4,236 bushels of turnips, 2,969 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,206 acres of oats, 2,182 bushels of peas, 2,049 bushels of rye, 1,981 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,681 tons of hay, 1,560 bushels of spring wheat, 1,417 acres of hay crops, 702 bushels of buckwheat, 671 sheep, 490 other cattle, 486 acres of potatoes, 486 milk cows, 485 swine slaughtered or sold, 475 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 403 sheep slaughtered or sold, 243 swine, 202 bushels of corn, 201 oxen, 200 cattle killed or sold, 193 occupants of farms, 181 farm occupants who own their land, 180 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 165 horses aged over 3 years, 156 acres of wheat, 112 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 107 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 68 bushels of beans, 65 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 bushels of barley, 37 acres of turnips, 36 horses aged 3 years and under, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 other fowl, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 6 geese, 5 acres of barley, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| F.-X. (François-Xavier) Toussaint | 1821–1895 | born here |
| Joseph Contant | 1848–1938 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC172008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462540
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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-qc172008-1891/.