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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912403. 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 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 514 total population, 259 females, 255 males, 183 married persons, 104 families, 94 married females, 89 married males, 23 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 4.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 308 single persons under 18, 156 single males under 18, 152 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 477 French Canadians, 37 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 104 houses, 104 occupied houses, 88 houses built of wood, 78 houses of 1 story, 46 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 25 houses of 2 stories, 18 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses built of stone, 13 houses of 3 rooms, 11 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses built of brick, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 8,720 pounds of homemade butter, 4,452 bushels of oats, 3,248 bushels of potatoes, 1,910 chickens, 1,788 acres of land in farms, 1,636 acres of improved land in farms, 1,206 acres of farmland under crops, 1,115 bushels of peas, 673 bushels of barley, 523 tons of hay, 499 bushels of buckwheat, 469 acres of oats, 419 acres of hay crops, 383 acres of farmland in pasture, 360 bushels of turnips, 293 bushels of spring wheat, 152 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 147 milk cows, 133 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 125 swine, 103 horses aged over 3 years, 88 swine slaughtered or sold, 77 occupants of farms, 69 bushels of corn, 59 farm occupants who own their land, 59 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 54 cattle killed or sold, 53 acres of barley, 53 acres of wheat, 52 acres of potatoes, 51 other cattle, 47 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 40 sheep, 31 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 turkeys, 12 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 sheep slaughtered or sold, 7 geese, 3 employees on farms, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
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: Q112912403
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/.