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 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 density was 1054.6 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,035 |
| 1901 | 1,117 |
| 1911 | 1,440 |
| 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 160 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 195 |
| Number of families | 195 |
| Number of females | 546 |
| Number of males | 489 |
| Number of married females | 165 |
| Number of married males | 166 |
| Number of married persons | 331 |
| Number of widowed females | 26 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 38 |
| POP F | 546 |
| POP M | 489 |
| POP TOT | 1,035 |
| Total population | 1,035 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 355 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 311 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 666 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,031 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 4 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses | 168 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 1 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 1 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 166 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 8 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 83 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 72 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 27 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 13 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 22 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 14 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 65 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of occupied houses | 168 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 15 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of barley | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 57 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 1,211 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 3,664 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,194 |
| Acres of hay crops | 800 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,462 |
| Acres of land in farms | 6,126 |
| Acres of oats | 179 |
| Acres of potatoes | 17 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 6 |
| BAR AC | 3 |
| BAR BU | 30 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 86 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,969 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 49 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,299 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 62 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 33 |
| BWT BU | 86 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 800 |
| HAY TONS | 562 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 27 |
| Number of chickens | 450 |
| Number of ducks | 2 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 164 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 15 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 93 |
| Number of milk cows | 195 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 179 |
| Number of other cattle | 55 |
| Number of oxen | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 11 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 13 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 14 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 131 |
| Number of sheep | 234 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 120 |
| Number of swine | 28 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 107 |
| OAT AC | 179 |
| OAT BU | 2,969 |
| PEA BU | 49 |
| POT AC | 17 |
| POT BU | 1,299 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 832 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 7,557 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 562 |
| WHT AC | 6 |
| WHT SP BU | 62 |
Other recorded variables (64 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| A 101 200 | 11 |
| A 11 50 | 13 |
| A 201 PL | 10 |
| A 51 100 | 14 |
| BEN BU | 16 |
| BUTTER LB | 7,557 |
| CATTLE KS | 27 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 355 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 311 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 666 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 832 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| DUCKS | 2 |
| FAMILIES | 195 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FRN CA | 1,031 |
| GRA BU | 11 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 450 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 93 |
| HOUSES | 168 |
| HOUSES B | 1 |
| HOUSES CON | 5 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 14 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 14 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 22 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 8 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 83 |
| HOUSES S | 1 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 65 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 27 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 13 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 14 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 72 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 15 |
| HOUSES W | 166 |
| INF 11 A | 131 |
| MD FEM | 165 |
| MD MALE | 166 |
| MD TOT | 331 |
| MILK COWS | 195 |
| NAME CD | Beauce |
| OC F | 15 |
| OC P | 164 |
| OC TOT | 179 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 55 |
| OTHERS | 4 |
| SHEEP | 234 |
| SHEEP KS | 120 |
| SUP AM | 2,462 |
| SUP FOR | 3,364 |
| SUP JV | 57 |
| SUP PAT | 1,211 |
| SUP SC | 1,194 |
| SUP TOT | 6,126 |
| SWINE | 28 |
| SWINE KS | 107 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 168 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 33 |
| WID FEM | 26 |
| WID MALE | 12 |
| WID TOT | 38 |
| WORKING OX | 16 |
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: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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/.