St. Joseph de Lepage, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Joseph de Lepage was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 401. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815240. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.560°N, 68.168°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Joseph de Lepage had a population of 401: 207 male and 194 female residents. Population density was 37.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 556 |
| 1891 | 401 |
| 1901 | 414 |
| 1911 | 400 |
| 1921 | 481 |
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. Joseph de Lepage shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 6.50 |
| FAM NO | 62 |
| Number of families | 62 |
| Number of females | 194 |
| Number of males | 207 |
| Number of married females | 58 |
| Number of married males | 58 |
| Number of married persons | 116 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 7 |
| POP F | 194 |
| POP M | 207 |
| POP TOT | 401 |
| Total population | 401 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 134 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 144 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 278 |
Ethnic origin (1 variable)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 401 |
Buildings & housing (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 51 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 51 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 7 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 48 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 3 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 9 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 8 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 51 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 37 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 9 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,511 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,280 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 2,028 |
| Acres of hay crops | 673 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 3,548 |
| Acres of land in farms | 6,828 |
| Acres of oats | 563 |
| Acres of potatoes | 56 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 346 |
| BAR AC | 37 |
| BAR BU | 479 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 479 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 19 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,448 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,261 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,292 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,691 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 38 |
| BWT BU | 7 |
| CRN BU | 25 |
| HAY AC | 673 |
| HAY TONS | 492 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 89 |
| Number of chickens | 600 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 53 |
| Number of geese | 12 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 35 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 85 |
| Number of milk cows | 256 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 53 |
| Number of other cattle | 163 |
| Number of other fowl | 2 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 18 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 19 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 3 |
| Number of sheep | 449 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 316 |
| Number of swine | 152 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 135 |
| OAT AC | 563 |
| OAT BU | 6,448 |
| PEA BU | 1,261 |
| POT AC | 56 |
| POT BU | 7,292 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 1,164 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 369 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 18,940 |
| RYE BU | 4 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 492 |
| WHT AC | 346 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,691 |
Other recorded variables (60 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 18 |
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| A 201 PL | 10 |
| A 51 100 | 19 |
| BEN BU | 1 |
| BUTTER LB | 18,940 |
| CATTLE KS | 89 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 134 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 144 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 278 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 1,164 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 35 |
| FAMILIES | 62 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.50 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 369 |
| FRN CA | 401 |
| GEESE | 12 |
| GRA BU | 19 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 600 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 85 |
| HOUSES | 51 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 8 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 48 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 2 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 9 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 17 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 3 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 1 |
| HOUSES W | 51 |
| INF 11 A | 3 |
| MD FEM | 58 |
| MD MALE | 58 |
| MD TOT | 116 |
| MILK COWS | 256 |
| NAME CD | Rimouski |
| OC P | 53 |
| OC TOT | 53 |
| OTHER FOWL | 2 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 163 |
| OTHERS | 0 |
| SHEEP | 449 |
| SHEEP KS | 316 |
| SUP AM | 3,548 |
| SUP FOR | 3,280 |
| SUP JV | 9 |
| SUP PAT | 1,511 |
| SUP SC | 2,028 |
| SUP TOT | 6,828 |
| SWINE | 152 |
| SWINE KS | 135 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 51 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 38 |
| WID FEM | 2 |
| WID MALE | 5 |
| WID TOT | 7 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC183024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q106815240
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 Lepage, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-de-lepage-qc183024-1891/.