St. Marc, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Marc was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 897. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912553. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.684°N, 73.236°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Marc had a population of 897: 452 male and 445 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Marc shared boundaries with:

• Beloeil, T-V
• St. Antoine
• Ste. Julie
• Ste. Théodosie
• Verchères

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 897 total population, 452 males, 445 females, 301 married persons, 198 families, 151 married females, 150 married males, 51 widowed persons, 30 widowed males, 21 widowed females, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 545 single persons under 18, 273 single females under 18, 272 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 888 French Canadians, 9 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 154 houses, 154 occupied houses, 139 houses of 1 story, 123 houses built of wood, 75 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 29 uninhabited houses, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 19 houses built of stone, 15 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses built of brick, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 21,525 bushels of oats, 18,670 acres of land in farms, 18,502 pounds of homemade butter, 13,912 acres of improved land in farms, 10,488 acres of farmland under crops, 10,006 bushels of potatoes, 9,244 bushels of barley, 5,922 acres of hay crops, 5,842 tons of hay, 4,758 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,346 bushels of peas, 3,342 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,231 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,065 chickens, 2,706 acres of oats, 2,286 bushels of corn, 1,810 bushels of spring wheat, 857 acres of barley, 847 bushels of turnips, 752 sheep, 648 milk cows, 587 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 570 sheep slaughtered or sold, 539 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 421 swine, 392 horses aged over 3 years, 379 swine slaughtered or sold, 370 bushels of buckwheat, 362 other cattle, 318 acres of wheat, 297 other fowl, 236 cattle killed or sold, 191 horses aged 3 years and under, 166 occupants of farms, 118 geese, 117 farm occupants who own their land, 111 acres of potatoes, 101 turkeys, 82 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 49 ducks, 45 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 35 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 26 bushels of beans, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 4 employees on farms, 3 acres of turnips, 3 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC196005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912553

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. Marc, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-marc-qc196005-1891/.