St. Léonard, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Léonard was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.088°N, 72.363°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Léonard had a population of 1,734: 953 male and 781 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,349 |
| 1891 | 1,734 |
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. Léonard shared boundaries with:
- St. Célestin
- St. Samuel
- St. Wenseslas
- Ste. Clothilde d'Horton
- Ste. Eulalie
- Ste. Monique
- Ste. Perpétue
- Wendover & Simpson
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 1,734 total population, 953 males, 781 females, 527 married persons, 299 families, 264 married females, 263 married males, 42 widowed persons, 23 widowed males, 19 widowed females, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,165 single persons under 18, 667 single males under 18, 498 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,728 French Canadians, 6 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 297 occupied houses, 290 houses, 289 houses built of wood, 204 houses of 1 story, 84 houses of 2 stories, 84 houses of 3 rooms, 75 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 51 houses of 2 rooms, 46 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 7 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,728 bushels of oats, 19,611 acres of land in farms, 15,069 bushels of potatoes, 10,530 pounds of homemade butter, 10,433 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,178 acres of improved land in farms, 6,865 acres of farmland under crops, 4,132 bushels of buckwheat, 2,260 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,251 acres of oats, 2,169 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,066 chickens, 1,574 acres of hay crops, 1,359 bushels of spring wheat, 1,202 tons of hay, 1,103 bushels of peas, 643 sheep, 483 milk cows, 373 other cattle, 365 swine, 274 bushels of barley, 257 occupants of farms, 255 farm occupants who own their land, 248 horses aged over 3 years, 227 bushels of corn, 225 sheep slaughtered or sold, 223 acres of wheat, 170 acres of potatoes, 159 bushels of beans, 125 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 119 bushels of turnips, 81 oxen, 65 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 63 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 60 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 45 horses aged 3 years and under, 44 cattle killed or sold, 37 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 swine slaughtered or sold, 32 acres of barley, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 25 geese, 16 other fowl, 7 ducks, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC175012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175012— 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. Léonard, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-l-onard-qc175012-1891/.