St. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Louis de Gonzague was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,187. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912520. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.204°N, 74.000°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Louis de Gonzague had a population of 2,187: 1,086 male and 1,101 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,674 |
| 1891 | 2,187 |
| 1901 | 2,039 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 1,839 |
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. Louis de Gonzague shared boundaries with:
- St. Clément
- St. Etienne
- St. Malachie d'Ormstown
- St. Stanislas de Kostka
- St. Timothée
- Ste. Cécile
- Très-St. Sacrement
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 87 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,187 total population, 1,101 females, 1,086 males, 648 married persons, 372 families, 324 married females, 324 married males, 80 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,459 single persons under 18, 739 single males under 18, 720 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,798 French Canadians, 389 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 369 houses, 369 occupied houses, 318 houses built of wood, 230 houses of 1 story, 137 houses of 2 stories, 110 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 79 houses of 3 rooms, 71 houses of 4 rooms, 71 uninhabited houses, 51 houses of 5 rooms, 40 houses of 2 rooms, 37 houses built of brick, 14 houses built of stone, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 81,448 bushels of oats, 59,164 pounds of homemade butter, 31,264 bushels of potatoes, 27,381 acres of land in farms, 24,766 acres of improved land in farms, 17,908 acres of farmland under crops, 16,456 bushels of barley, 13,613 chickens, 11,730 bushels of buckwheat, 6,599 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,336 bushels of turnips, 6,155 acres of hay crops, 6,021 tons of hay, 5,810 acres of oats, 5,446 bushels of peas, 4,060 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,017 bushels of spring wheat, 2,615 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,177 bushels of corn, 2,036 milk cows, 1,807 turkeys, 1,584 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,575 swine, 1,574 other cattle, 1,434 acres of barley, 1,124 sheep, 1,014 swine slaughtered or sold, 999 geese, 921 horses aged over 3 years, 707 bushels of beans, 650 horses aged 3 years and under, 611 cattle killed or sold, 522 sheep slaughtered or sold, 514 acres of wheat, 507 ducks, 410 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 364 occupants of farms, 317 farm occupants who own their land, 308 acres of potatoes, 259 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, Capacity of silos (tons): 160, 106 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 103 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 91 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 50 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 47 farm occupants who rent their land, 46 bushels of winter wheat, 39 other fowl, 30 acres of turnips, 24 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 14 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC140006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC041004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912520
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. Louis de Gonzague, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-louis-de-gonzague-qc140006-1891/.