St. Luc, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Luc was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 801. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q7400713. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.368°N, 73.314°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Luc had a population of 801: 426 male and 375 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 754 |
| 1891 | 801 |
| 1901 | 717 |
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. Luc 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 801 total population, 426 males, 375 females, 227 married persons, 122 families, 114 married females, 113 married males, 35 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 539 single persons under 18, 297 single males under 18, 242 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 741 French Canadians, 60 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 122 houses, 122 occupied houses, 112 houses of 1 story, 104 houses built of wood, 56 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 22 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses built of stone, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses of 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 33,378 pounds of homemade butter, 20,202 bushels of oats, 14,674 acres of land in farms, 12,183 acres of improved land in farms, 9,428 acres of farmland under crops, 8,446 bushels of peas, 6,633 bushels of potatoes, 6,574 chickens, 6,406 acres of hay crops, 3,671 tons of hay, 3,116 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,969 bushels of buckwheat, 2,702 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,491 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,989 acres of oats, 1,523 turkeys, 1,309 bushels of spring wheat, 1,025 sheep, 812 bushels of barley, 602 other fowl, 561 bushels of corn, 518 geese, 509 swine, 439 milk cows, 412 other cattle, 386 sheep slaughtered or sold, 363 horses aged over 3 years, 314 swine slaughtered or sold, 310 bushels of turnips, 242 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 215 horses aged 3 years and under, 199 acres of wheat, 125 cattle killed or sold, 108 occupants of farms, 104 acres of barley, 90 farm occupants who own their land, 85 acres of potatoes, 82 ducks, 61 bushels of beans, 53 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 35 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 32 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 acres of turnips, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC186004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC191006_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q7400713
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Luc,_Quebec
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. Luc, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-luc-qc186004-1891/.