St. Laurent, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Laurent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 792. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462701. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.878°N, 71.022°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Laurent had a population of 792: 417 male and 375 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 877 |
| 1861 | 933 |
| 1871 | 993 |
| 1881 | 864 |
| 1891 | 792 |
| 1901 | 797 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 766 |
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. Laurent shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 792 total population, 417 males, 375 females, 178 married persons, 126 families, 89 married females, 89 married males, 36 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 6.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 578 single persons under 18, 318 single males under 18, 260 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 791 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 125 houses, 125 occupied houses, 108 houses of 1 story, 98 houses built of wood, 51 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 28 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses built of stone, 17 houses of 4 rooms, 16 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,060 pounds of homemade butter, 20,202 bushels of potatoes, 13,323 bushels of oats, 10,274 acres of land in farms, 7,688 acres of improved land in farms, 4,651 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,904 acres of farmland under crops, 2,586 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,328 acres of oats, 2,013 chickens, 2,013 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,903 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,626 tons of hay, 884 acres of hay crops, 846 bushels of peas, 622 sheep, 602 bushels of spring wheat, 490 bushels of buckwheat, 454 swine slaughtered or sold, 425 bushels of turnips, 420 milk cows, 301 sheep slaughtered or sold, 255 other cattle, 208 swine, 201 acres of potatoes, 192 bushels of rye, 189 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 173 bushels of barley, 164 oxen, 133 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 121 occupants of farms, 117 farm occupants who own their land, 109 bushels of corn, 108 cattle killed or sold, 101 acres of wheat, 91 bushels of beans, 91 horses aged over 3 years, 67 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 horses aged 3 years and under, 17 acres of barley, 7 ducks, 5 other fowl, 4 acres of turnips, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre de Boucherville | 1814–1894 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC172010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462701
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Laurent-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Laurent-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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. Laurent, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-qc172010-1891/.