St. Joachim de la Pointe Claire, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Joachim de la Pointe Claire, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 514. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.439°N, 73.827°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Joachim de la Pointe Claire, Village had a population of 514: 255 male and 259 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 514 |
| 1901 | 555 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Pointe Claire, Village, 1881 (18.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Joachim de la Pointe Claire, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 156 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 4.90 |
| FAM NO | 104 |
| Number of families | 104 |
| Number of females | 259 |
| Number of males | 255 |
| Number of married females | 94 |
| Number of married males | 89 |
| Number of married persons | 183 |
| Number of widowed females | 13 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 23 |
| POP F | 259 |
| POP M | 255 |
| POP TOT | 514 |
| Total population | 514 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 152 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 156 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 308 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 477 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 37 |
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 104 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 2 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 14 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 88 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 78 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 25 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 13 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 18 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 104 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 53 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 47 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 383 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 152 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,206 |
| Acres of hay crops | 419 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,636 |
| Acres of land in farms | 1,788 |
| Acres of oats | 469 |
| Acres of potatoes | 52 |
| Acres of turnips | 2 |
| Acres of wheat | 53 |
| BAR AC | 53 |
| BAR BU | 673 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 673 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 499 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 69 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,452 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,115 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,248 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 293 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 360 |
| BWT BU | 499 |
| CRN BU | 69 |
| HAY AC | 419 |
| HAY TONS | 523 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 54 |
| Number of chickens | 1,910 |
| Number of employees on farms | 3 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 59 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 15 |
| Number of geese | 7 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 31 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 103 |
| Number of milk cows | 147 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 77 |
| Number of other cattle | 51 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 2 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 12 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 59 |
| Number of sheep | 40 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 8 |
| Number of swine | 125 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 88 |
| Number of turkeys | 15 |
| OAT AC | 469 |
| OAT BU | 4,452 |
| PEA BU | 1,115 |
| POT AC | 52 |
| POT BU | 3,248 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 133 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 8,720 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 523 |
| WHT AC | 53 |
| WHT SP BU | 293 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 3 |
| A 11 50 | 2 |
| A 201 PL | 1 |
| A 51 100 | 12 |
| BUTTER LB | 8,720 |
| CATTLE KS | 54 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 152 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 156 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 308 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 133 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 31 |
| FAMILIES | 104 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 4.90 |
| FRN CA | 477 |
| GEESE | 7 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,910 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 103 |
| HOUSES | 104 |
| HOUSES B | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 7 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 18 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 78 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 14 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 46 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 13 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 5 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 25 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 88 |
| INF 11 A | 59 |
| MD FEM | 94 |
| MD MALE | 89 |
| MD TOT | 183 |
| MILK COWS | 147 |
| NAME CD | Jacques-Cartier |
| OC E | 3 |
| OC F | 15 |
| OC P | 59 |
| OC TOT | 77 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 51 |
| OTHERS | 37 |
| SHEEP | 40 |
| SHEEP KS | 8 |
| SUP AM | 1,636 |
| SUP FOR | 152 |
| SUP JV | 47 |
| SUP PAT | 383 |
| SUP SC | 1,206 |
| SUP TOT | 1,788 |
| SWINE | 125 |
| SWINE KS | 88 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 104 |
| TUR AC | 2 |
| TUR BU | 360 |
| TURKEY | 15 |
| WID FEM | 13 |
| WID MALE | 10 |
| WID TOT | 23 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC158008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC157016— 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. Joachim de la Pointe Claire, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joachim-de-la-pointe-claire-village-qc158008-1891/.