St. Jean, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jean, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,722. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.304°N, 73.262°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jean, Town—Ville had a population of 4,722: 2,258 male and 2,464 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,022 |
| 1881 | 4,314 |
| 1891 | 4,722 |
| 1901 | 4,030 |
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, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,722 total population, 2,464 females, 2,258 males, 1,543 married persons, 844 families, 772 married females, 771 married males, 241 widowed persons, 180 widowed females, 61 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,938 single persons under 18, 1,512 single females under 18, 1,426 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,847 French Canadians, 875 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 817 houses, 817 occupied houses, 550 houses built of wood, 546 houses of 1 story, 381 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 253 houses built of brick, 193 houses of 2 stories, 152 houses of 4 rooms, 121 houses of 5 rooms, 76 houses of 3 stories, 67 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 62 uninhabited houses, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 22 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of over 15 rooms, 14 houses built of stone, 5 houses under construction, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,970 acres of land in farms, 3,366 bushels of oats, 3,249 acres of improved land in farms, 3,128 bushels of potatoes, 2,498 chickens, 2,374 acres of farmland under crops, 1,396 pounds of homemade butter, 1,334 acres of hay crops, 1,184 tons of hay, 1,145 bushels of peas, 891 cattle killed or sold, 815 swine slaughtered or sold, 786 sheep slaughtered or sold, 784 acres of farmland in pasture, 721 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 404 bushels of corn, 362 bushels of barley, 299 bushels of turnips, 283 horses aged over 3 years, 249 occupants of farms, 247 milk cows, 215 bushels of spring wheat, 212 acres of oats, 207 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 174 swine, 169 farm occupants who own their land, 164 other fowl, 159 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 131 bushels of buckwheat, 91 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 78 farm occupants who rent their land, 76 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 56 acres of potatoes, 55 bushels of beans, 55 ducks, 54 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 33 acres of barley, 30 sheep, 26 other cattle, 23 acres of wheat, 20 geese, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 7 turkeys, 4 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 employees on farms, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Futvoye | 1808–1891 | died here |
| Louis Molleur | 1828–1904 | died here |
| Félix-Gabriel Marchand | 1832–1900 | born here |
| Élodie Paradis | 1840–1912 | born here |
| Honoré Mercier | 1840–1894 | born here |
| Israël Landry | 1843–1910 | born here |
| Hartley Dewart | 1861–1924 | born here |
| Joséphine Marchand | 1861–1925 | born here |
| Élodie Mailloux | 1865–1937 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC186003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC191004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141977
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-town-ville-qc186003-1891/.