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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q511005

St. Mathieu, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Mathieu was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 846. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q511005. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.168°N, 68.964°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Mathieu had a population of 846: 436 male and 410 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18811,175
1891846
1901893
1911—

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. Mathieu shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 64 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 846 total population, 436 males, 410 females, 277 married persons, 142 families, 139 married females, 138 married males, 22 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 547 single persons under 18, 289 single males under 18, 258 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 846 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 108 houses, 108 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 20 houses built of wood, 20 houses of 2 stories, 20 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 49,812 pounds of homemade butter, 17,847 acres of land in farms, 12,795 bushels of potatoes, 8,930 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,917 acres of improved land in farms, 8,549 bushels of oats, 5,479 acres of farmland under crops, 3,435 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,329 acres of hay crops, 2,873 bushels of spring wheat, 2,717 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,363 tons of hay, 935 bushels of barley, 893 acres of oats, 869 sheep, 857 chickens, 687 bushels of peas, 659 sheep slaughtered or sold, 556 bushels of rye, 552 milk cows, 414 acres of wheat, 369 swine slaughtered or sold, 350 swine, 181 other cattle, 170 cattle killed or sold, 156 horses aged over 3 years, 136 acres of potatoes, 122 occupants of farms, 120 farm occupants who own their land, 113 acres of barley, 46 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 38 horses aged 3 years and under, 37 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 28 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 25 oxen, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 geese, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 other fowl, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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. Mathieu, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mathieu-qc183026-1891/.