St. Malachie, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Malachie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 413. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.679°N, 75.315°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Malachie had a population of 413: 203 male and 210 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 513 |
| 1881 | 463 |
| 1891 | 413 |
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. Malachie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 413 total population, 210 females, 203 males, 105 married persons, 71 families, 53 married males, 52 married females, 25 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 283 single persons under 18, 142 single females under 18, 141 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 397 persons who are not French Canadian, 16 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 69 occupied houses, 67 houses, 67 houses built of wood, 41 houses of 1 story, 28 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 26 houses of 2 stories, 16 houses of 4 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 3 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 2 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 23,425 pounds of homemade butter, 22,040 bushels of oats, 12,631 acres of land in farms, 10,730 bushels of potatoes, 6,895 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,736 acres of improved land in farms, 3,740 acres of farmland under crops, 2,456 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,989 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,892 acres of hay crops, 1,700 tons of hay, 1,628 chickens, 1,153 acres of oats, 1,088 bushels of buckwheat, 825 sheep, 821 bushels of spring wheat, 561 bushels of turnips, 477 bushels of peas, 380 other cattle, 362 milk cows, 359 sheep slaughtered or sold, 355 swine, 351 bushels of corn, 342 turkeys, 244 bushels of barley, 204 swine slaughtered or sold, 171 horses aged over 3 years, 140 geese, 131 cattle killed or sold, 116 acres of potatoes, 106 acres of wheat, 77 ducks, 75 occupants of farms, 71 farm occupants who own their land, 70 bushels of beans, 62 horses aged 3 years and under, 45 bushels of rye, 40 bushels of winter wheat, 29 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 24 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 acres of barley, 13 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 4 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 other fowl, 3 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC176041— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176041— 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. Malachie, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-malachie-qc176041-1891/.