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 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 density was 74.7 people per square mile.
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 166 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.50 |
| FAM NO | 231 |
| Number of families | 231 |
| Number of females | 685 |
| Number of males | 592 |
| Number of married females | 208 |
| Number of married males | 205 |
| Number of married persons | 413 |
| Number of widowed females | 42 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 61 |
| POP F | 685 |
| POP M | 592 |
| POP TOT | 1,277 |
| Total population | 1,277 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 435 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 368 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 803 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,274 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 3 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 214 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 2 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 47 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 165 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 113 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 98 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 16 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 141 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 214 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (63 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 5 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 112 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 5,546 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,969 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 5,613 |
| Acres of hay crops | 1,417 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 11,271 |
| Acres of land in farms | 14,240 |
| Acres of oats | 2,206 |
| Acres of potatoes | 486 |
| Acres of turnips | 37 |
| Acres of wheat | 156 |
| BAR AC | 5 |
| BAR BU | 59 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 59 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 68 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 702 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 202 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 28,175 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 2,182 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 71,824 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,049 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,560 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,236 |
| BWT BU | 702 |
| CRN BU | 202 |
| HAY AC | 1,417 |
| HAY TONS | 1,681 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 200 |
| Number of chickens | 5,063 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 181 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 12 |
| Number of geese | 6 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 36 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 165 |
| Number of milk cows | 486 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 193 |
| Number of other cattle | 490 |
| Number of other fowl | 15 |
| Number of oxen | 201 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 65 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 107 |
| Number of sheep | 671 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 403 |
| Number of swine | 243 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 485 |
| OAT AC | 2,206 |
| OAT BU | 28,175 |
| PEA BU | 2,182 |
| POT AC | 486 |
| POT BU | 71,824 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 180 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,981 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 475 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 47,630 |
| RYE BU | 2,049 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,681 |
| WHT AC | 156 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,560 |
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 65 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 14 |
| A 51 100 | 2 |
| BEN BU | 68 |
| BUTTER LB | 47,630 |
| CATTLE KS | 200 |
| CHEESE LB | 180 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 435 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 368 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 803 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,981 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 36 |
| FAMILIES | 231 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.50 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 475 |
| FRN CA | 1,274 |
| GEESE | 6 |
| GRA BU | 27 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 5,063 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 165 |
| HOUSES | 214 |
| HOUSES B | 2 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 18 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 25 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 16 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 113 |
| HOUSES S | 47 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 141 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 3 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 98 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 11 |
| HOUSES W | 165 |
| INF 11 A | 107 |
| MD FEM | 208 |
| MD MALE | 205 |
| MD TOT | 413 |
| MILK COWS | 486 |
| NAME CD | Montmorency |
| OC F | 12 |
| OC P | 181 |
| OC TOT | 193 |
| OTHER FOWL | 15 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 490 |
| OTHERS | 3 |
| SHEEP | 671 |
| SHEEP KS | 403 |
| SUP AM | 11,271 |
| SUP FOR | 2,969 |
| SUP JV | 112 |
| SUP PAT | 5,546 |
| SUP SC | 5,613 |
| SUP TOT | 14,240 |
| SWINE | 243 |
| SWINE KS | 485 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 214 |
| TUR AC | 37 |
| TUR BU | 4,236 |
| WID FEM | 42 |
| WID MALE | 19 |
| WID TOT | 61 |
| WORKING OX | 201 |
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: 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-qc172008-1891/.