St. Jude, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Jude was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,197. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462628. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.802°N, 73.020°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Jude had a population of 2,197: 1,098 male and 1,099 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,845 |
| 1871 | 2,133 |
| 1881 | 1,959 |
| 1891 | 2,197 |
| 1901 | 1,609 |
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. Jude shared boundaries with:
- La Présentation
- St. Barnabé
- St. Denis
- St. Hughes
- St. Louis de Bonsecours
- St. Louis de Bonsecours
- St. Ours
- Ste. Victoire
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,197 total population, 1,099 females, 1,098 males, 833 married persons, 429 families, 417 married males, 416 married females, 67 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,297 single persons under 18, 654 single males under 18, 643 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,195 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 339 houses, 339 occupied houses, 334 houses built of wood, 332 houses of 1 story, 110 houses of 3 rooms, 65 houses of 4 rooms, 63 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 52 uninhabited houses, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 31 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 5 houses built of brick, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 34,967 bushels of oats, 28,390 pounds of homemade butter, 26,895 acres of land in farms, 18,553 acres of improved land in farms, 12,223 bushels of potatoes, 9,562 acres of farmland under crops, 8,979 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,342 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,332 bushels of buckwheat, 4,551 acres of oats, 4,091 chickens, 2,600 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,463 bushels of barley, 2,115 acres of hay crops, 1,952 bushels of peas, 1,501 tons of hay, 1,319 bushels of spring wheat, 860 milk cows, 830 sheep, 681 bushels of corn, 546 other cattle, 459 swine slaughtered or sold, 443 bushels of turnips, 430 swine, 395 horses aged over 3 years, 381 sheep slaughtered or sold, 312 occupants of farms, 281 farm occupants who own their land, 236 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 233 acres of barley, 201 acres of wheat, 178 horses aged 3 years and under, 170 cattle killed or sold, 151 acres of potatoes, 124 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 106 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 79 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 67 bushels of beans, 62 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 50 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 ducks, 35 turkeys, 31 farm occupants who rent their land, 26 geese, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 oxen, 10 other fowl, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC185009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC190011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462628
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jude,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jude
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. Jude, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jude-qc185009-1891/.