St. Jerusalem, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jerusalem was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,062. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.668°N, 74.279°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jerusalem had a population of 1,062: 518 male and 544 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,784 |
| 1871 | 1,670 |
| 1881 | 2,013 |
| 1891 | 1,062 |
| 1901 | 969 |
| 1911 | 862 |
| 1921 | 850 |
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. Jerusalem shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,062 total population, 544 females, 518 males, 316 married persons, 198 families, 158 married females, 158 married males, 47 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 699 single persons under 18, 353 single females under 18, 346 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 873 persons who are not French Canadian, 189 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 192 houses, 192 occupied houses, 124 houses built of wood, 122 houses of 1 story, 101 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 70 houses of 2 stories, 48 houses built of brick, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 20 houses built of stone, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,071 pounds of homemade butter, 46,835 bushels of oats, 32,306 bushels of potatoes, 27,553 acres of land in farms, 22,136 acres of improved land in farms, 11,416 acres of farmland under crops, 10,626 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,503 bushels of turnips, 5,417 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,154 chickens, 5,126 tons of hay, 4,771 acres of hay crops, 4,355 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,754 bushels of buckwheat, 3,379 acres of oats, 2,080 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,798 bushels of barley, 1,789 bushels of corn, 1,580 milk cows, 1,003 sheep, 1,002 bushels of spring wheat, 697 other cattle, 694 bushels of peas, 604 sheep slaughtered or sold, 450 horses aged over 3 years, 409 swine slaughtered or sold, 371 turkeys, 345 swine, 332 cattle killed or sold, 284 acres of potatoes, 212 horses aged 3 years and under, 198 occupants of farms, 186 farm occupants who own their land, 156 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 127 acres of barley, 125 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 110 acres of wheat, 106 bushels of beans, 94 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 80 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 78 geese, 64 ducks, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 32 acres of turnips, 23 other fowl, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 bushels of rye, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Augustus Leggo | 1830–1915 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC137013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037012— 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. Jerusalem, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jerusalem-qc137013-1891/.