St. Joseph, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,128. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141613. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.312°N, 70.865°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Joseph had a population of 2,128: 1,112 male and 1,016 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 2,128 |
| 1901 | 2,180 |
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 shared boundaries with:
- Sacré-Coeur de Jésus
- Saints Anges
- St. Edouard de Frampton
- St. François
- St. Frédéric
- St. Joseph, Village
- St. Odilon de Cranbourne
- St. Victor de Tring
- Ste. Marie
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,128 total population, 1,112 males, 1,016 females, 705 married persons, 353 families, 353 married males, 352 married females, 48 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,375 single persons under 18, 741 single males under 18, 634 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,127 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 316 houses, 316 occupied houses, 315 houses built of wood, 190 houses of 1 story, 126 houses of 2 stories, 97 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 63 houses of 4 rooms, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 49 houses of 3 rooms, 48 houses of 2 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 131,182 pounds of homemade butter, 55,487 acres of land in farms, 42,863 bushels of oats, 33,214 acres of improved land in farms, 22,273 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,913 acres of farmland under crops, 15,145 acres of farmland in pasture, 12,722 bushels of potatoes, 9,774 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7,727 tons of hay, 7,535 acres of hay crops, 3,819 chickens, 3,150 sheep, 2,861 bushels of barley, 2,831 acres of oats, 2,121 bushels of buckwheat, 1,880 milk cows, 1,732 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,351 other cattle, 1,323 bushels of peas, 912 bushels of spring wheat, 831 swine slaughtered or sold, 688 oxen, 625 cattle killed or sold, 552 swine, 452 horses aged over 3 years, 320 farm occupants who own their land, 320 occupants of farms, 308 bushels of turnips, 278 acres of potatoes, 178 acres of barley, 172 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 156 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 120 horses aged 3 years and under, 114 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 103 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 89 turkeys, 71 geese, 70 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 68 acres of wheat, 65 other fowl, 55 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 46 bushels of beans, 44 bushels of rye, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 35 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 bushels of corn, 15 ducks, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC139018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC139016_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141613
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce
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, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc139018-1891/.