St. Joseph, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Joseph, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,035. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141613. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.300°N, 70.873°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Joseph, Village had a population of 1,035: 489 male and 546 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,035 |
| 1901 | 1,117 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 1,445 |
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, 1881 (1.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Joseph, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,035 total population, 546 females, 489 males, 331 married persons, 195 families, 166 married males, 165 married females, 38 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 12 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 666 single persons under 18, 355 single females under 18, 311 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,031 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 168 houses, 168 occupied houses, 166 houses built of wood, 83 houses of 1 story, 72 houses of 2 stories, 65 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 22 houses of 4 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 14 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 3 stories, 8 houses of 1 room, 5 houses under construction, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,557 pounds of homemade butter, 6,126 acres of land in farms, 3,664 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,969 bushels of oats, 2,462 acres of improved land in farms, 1,299 bushels of potatoes, 1,211 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,194 acres of farmland under crops, 832 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 800 acres of hay crops, 562 tons of hay, 450 chickens, 234 sheep, 195 milk cows, 179 acres of oats, 179 occupants of farms, 164 farm occupants who own their land, 131 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 120 sheep slaughtered or sold, 107 swine slaughtered or sold, 93 horses aged over 3 years, 86 bushels of buckwheat, 62 bushels of spring wheat, 57 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 55 other cattle, 49 bushels of peas, 33 bushels of turnips, 30 bushels of barley, 28 swine, 27 cattle killed or sold, 17 acres of potatoes, 16 bushels of beans, 16 oxen, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 14 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 13 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 acres of wheat, 3 acres of barley, 2 bushels of corn, 2 ducks, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC139019— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040027— 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, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-village-qc139019-1891/.