St. Martin, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Martin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,678. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.563°N, 73.744°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Martin had a population of 2,678: 1,342 male and 1,336 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).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Martin vl, 1901 (4.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Martin shared boundaries with:

• St. Vincent de Paul
• Ste. Dorothée, par.
• Ste. Rose

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,678 total population, 1,342 males, 1,336 females, 914 married persons, 522 families, 457 married females, 457 married males, 89 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 31 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,675 single persons under 18, 854 single males under 18, 821 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,663 French Canadians, 15 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 518 houses, 518 occupied houses, 489 houses of 1 story, 421 houses built of wood, 150 houses of 3 rooms, 112 houses of 4 rooms, 89 houses of 2 rooms, 87 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 74 houses built of stone, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 2 stories, 25 uninhabited houses, 23 houses built of brick, 16 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 118,527 pounds of homemade butter, 69,180 bushels of potatoes, 31,582 bushels of oats, 16,966 acres of land in farms, 14,637 acres of improved land in farms, 11,956 bushels of turnips, 9,134 bushels of corn, 8,784 acres of farmland under crops, 8,327 chickens, 6,828 bushels of buckwheat, 5,845 bushels of barley, 5,642 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,714 tons of hay, 3,577 acres of hay crops, 3,518 bushels of peas, 2,655 acres of oats, 2,329 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,421 bushels of spring wheat, 1,096 milk cows, 1,054 swine, 883 swine slaughtered or sold, 793 acres of potatoes, 792 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 688 horses aged over 3 years, 653 bushels of beans, 478 other cattle, 445 occupants of farms, 437 turkeys, 389 farm occupants who own their land, 346 acres of barley, 246 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 241 horses aged 3 years and under, 227 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 211 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 202 sheep, 193 other fowl, 159 acres of wheat, 140 ducks, 133 cattle killed or sold, 92 sheep slaughtered or sold, 77 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 61 acres of turnips, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 54 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 53 farm occupants who rent their land, 48 geese, 30 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of winter wheat, Capacity of silos (tons): 10, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 oxen, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC163003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC163003 — 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. Martin, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-martin-qc163003-1891/.