St. Léon, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Léon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,875. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462823. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.339°N, 72.970°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Léon had a population of 1,875: 949 male and 926 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,294 |
| 1861 | 2,218 |
| 1871 | 1,801 |
| 1881 | 1,787 |
| 1891 | 1,875 |
| 1901 | 1,653 |
| 1911 | 1,593 |
| 1921 | 1,411 |
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. Léon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,875 total population, 949 males, 926 females, 590 married persons, 296 married females, 294 families, 294 married males, 64 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 6.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,221 single persons under 18, 634 single males under 18, 587 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,873 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 261 houses, 261 occupied houses, 257 houses built of wood, 231 houses of 1 story, 104 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 39 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 33 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 2 stories, 22 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 71,350 pounds of homemade butter, 47,194 bushels of oats, 22,232 acres of land in farms, 17,986 acres of improved land in farms, 16,815 bushels of potatoes, 12,126 acres of farmland under crops, 10,715 bushels of peas, 8,995 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 8,021 chickens, 6,546 tons of hay, 6,159 bushels of buckwheat, 5,758 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,365 acres of hay crops, 4,246 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,103 sheep, 4,067 bushels of spring wheat, 3,945 acres of oats, 3,544 bushels of turnips, 1,938 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,580 swine, 1,274 bushels of corn, 1,158 milk cows, 855 other cattle, 770 swine slaughtered or sold, 647 acres of wheat, 470 horses aged over 3 years, 341 bushels of barley, 323 cattle killed or sold, 306 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 253 occupants of farms, 250 farm occupants who own their land, 208 geese, 166 horses aged 3 years and under, 145 acres of potatoes, 102 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 78 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 64 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 63 bushels of beans, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 53 other fowl, 44 ducks, 34 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 bushels of rye, 26 acres of turnips, 23 acres of barley, 23 oxen, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 turkeys, 3 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC167009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC069011_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462823
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand,_Mauricie
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand_(Maskinong%C3%A9)
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. Léon, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-l-on-qc167009-1891/.