St. Lambert, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Lambert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 906. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912474. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.504°N, 73.508°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Lambert had a population of 906: 427 male and 479 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 332 |
| 1891 | 906 |
| 1901 | 1,362 |
| 1911 | 3,344 |
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. Lambert shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 906 total population, 479 females, 427 males, 309 married persons, 171 families, 156 married males, 153 married females, 26 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 5.30 average size of families, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 571 single persons under 18, 303 single females under 18, 268 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 640 persons who are not French Canadian, 266 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 165 houses, 165 occupied houses, 115 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 114 houses built of wood, 91 houses of 2 stories, 73 houses of 1 story, 43 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses under construction, 8 houses built of stone, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 4,360 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 3,300 bushels of oats, 1,541 chickens, 1,135 acres of land in farms, 705 bushels of potatoes, 633 acres of improved land in farms, 502 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 491 acres of farmland under crops, 400 bushels of turnips, 375 pounds of homemade butter, 325 bushels of buckwheat, 273 acres of hay crops, 273 tons of hay, 155 acres of oats, 146 occupants of farms, 142 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 96 acres of farmland in pasture, 83 farm occupants who rent their land, 63 farm occupants who own their land, 60 milk cows, 46 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 43 ducks, 39 horses aged over 3 years, 20 bushels of peas, 15 bushels of spring wheat, 15 other cattle, 7 turkeys, 6 swine, 5 acres of potatoes, 4 acres of wheat, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 4 sheep, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of turnips, 1 bushels of beans, 1 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC145011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC150017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912474
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. Lambert, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lambert-qc145011-1891/.