St. Laurent, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Laurent, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,184. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.517°N, 73.684°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Laurent, Village had a population of 1,184: 538 male and 646 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,184 |
| 1901 | 1,390 |
| 1911 | 1,860 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Laurent, 1881 (4.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Laurent, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 72 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,184 total population, 646 females, 538 males, 336 married persons, 214 families, 170 married females, 166 married males, 62 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 20 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 786 single persons under 18, 434 single females under 18, 352 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,184 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 211 houses, 211 occupied houses, 184 houses of 2 stories, 177 houses built of wood, 65 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 62 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses built of brick, 15 houses of 1 story, 13 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 3 stories, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 19,970 pounds of homemade butter, 16,850 bushels of potatoes, 6,590 bushels of oats, 2,813 chickens, 2,278 acres of land in farms, 2,186 acres of improved land in farms, 1,560 acres of farmland under crops, 1,265 bushels of barley, 796 tons of hay, 566 acres of hay crops, 484 acres of farmland in pasture, 411 bushels of buckwheat, 381 acres of oats, 278 bushels of peas, 252 swine, 211 occupants of farms, 210 milk cows, 209 horses aged over 3 years, 204 bushels of spring wheat, 182 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 159 other fowl, 153 acres of potatoes, 142 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 136 farm occupants who own their land, 120 turkeys, 92 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 83 acres of barley, 83 bushels of beans, 78 bushels of corn, 75 farm occupants who rent their land, 57 ducks, 46 horses aged 3 years and under, 36 other cattle, 17 acres of wheat, 14 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 2, 1 cattle killed or sold, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC158010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162019— 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. Laurent, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-village-qc158010-1891/.