St. Joseph de Lévis, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Joseph de Lévis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 351. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3365711. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.774°N, 71.080°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Joseph de Lévis had a population of 351: 176 male and 175 female residents. Population density was 14.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 351 |
| 1901 | 401 |
| 1911 | 265 |
| 1921 | 252 |
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 was contained in St. Joseph de Lévis, 1881 (75.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Joseph de Lévis shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 147 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.90 |
| FAM NO | 59 |
| Number of families | 59 |
| Number of females | 175 |
| Number of males | 176 |
| Number of married females | 56 |
| Number of married males | 57 |
| Number of married persons | 113 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 19 |
| POP F | 175 |
| POP M | 176 |
| POP TOT | 351 |
| Total population | 351 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 103 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 116 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 219 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 351 |
Buildings & housing (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 58 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 58 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 56 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 12 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 31 |
| Number of occupied houses | 58 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 36 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 6 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 4,378 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,957 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,156 |
| Acres of hay crops | 1,768 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 5,540 |
| Acres of land in farms | 8,497 |
| Acres of oats | 757 |
| Acres of potatoes | 49 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 12 |
| BAR AC | 36 |
| BAR BU | 308 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 308 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 31 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,933 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,939 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 72 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4 |
| BWT BU | 31 |
| HAY AC | 1,768 |
| HAY TONS | 1,531 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 77 |
| Number of chickens | 1,037 |
| Number of ducks | 25 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 63 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 11 |
| Number of geese | 70 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 90 |
| Number of milk cows | 378 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 74 |
| Number of other cattle | 101 |
| Number of other fowl | 7 |
| Number of oxen | 78 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 28 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 8 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 6 |
| Number of sheep | 421 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 220 |
| Number of swine | 590 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 460 |
| OAT AC | 757 |
| OAT BU | 5,933 |
| PEA BU | 67 |
| POT AC | 49 |
| POT BU | 2,939 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 170 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,096 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 50,648 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,531 |
| WHT AC | 12 |
| WHT SP BU | 72 |
Other recorded variables (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 28 |
| A 11 50 | 8 |
| A 201 PL | 10 |
| A 51 100 | 22 |
| BEN BU | 6 |
| BUTTER LB | 50,648 |
| CATTLE KS | 77 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 103 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 116 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 219 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 170 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| DUCKS | 25 |
| FAMILIES | 59 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.90 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 1,096 |
| FRN CA | 351 |
| GEESE | 70 |
| GRA BU | 7 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,037 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 90 |
| HOUSES | 58 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 12 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 56 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 31 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 15 |
| HOUSES W | 58 |
| INF 11 A | 6 |
| MD FEM | 56 |
| MD MALE | 57 |
| MD TOT | 113 |
| MILK COWS | 378 |
| NAME CD | Lévis |
| OC F | 11 |
| OC P | 63 |
| OC TOT | 74 |
| OTHER FOWL | 7 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 101 |
| OTHERS | 0 |
| SHEEP | 421 |
| SHEEP KS | 220 |
| SUP AM | 5,540 |
| SUP FOR | 2,957 |
| SUP JV | 6 |
| SUP PAT | 4,378 |
| SUP SC | 1,156 |
| SUP TOT | 8,497 |
| SWINE | 590 |
| SWINE KS | 460 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 58 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 4 |
| WID FEM | 16 |
| WID MALE | 3 |
| WID TOT | 19 |
| WORKING OX | 78 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC164009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC066007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3365711
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_Saint-Joseph-de-L%C3%A9vis
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. Joseph de Lévis, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-de-l-vis-qc164009-1891/.