St. Michel des Saints, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Michel des Saints was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 591. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462998. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.681°N, 73.958°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Michel des Saints had a population of 591: 319 male and 272 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Michel des Saints, 1881 (35.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Michel des Saints shared boundaries with:

• Courcelle
• NO DATA
• NO DATA
• Unorganized Territory

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 591 total population, 319 males, 272 females, 212 married persons, 111 families, 107 married females, 105 married males, 9 widowed persons, 5.30 average size of families, 5 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 370 single persons under 18, 209 single males under 18, 161 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 589 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 91 houses, 91 houses built of wood, 91 occupied houses, 50 houses of 1 story, 41 houses of 2 stories, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 3 rooms, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses under construction, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 23,470 acres of land in farms, 17,409 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,225 pounds of homemade butter, 6,061 acres of improved land in farms, 5,466 bushels of potatoes, 4,988 bushels of oats, 4,309 acres of farmland under crops, 2,035 acres of hay crops, 1,855 bushels of peas, 1,741 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,571 chickens, 1,485 bushels of turnips, 1,357 tons of hay, 1,138 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 650 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 603 acres of oats, 599 bushels of barley, 596 sheep, 558 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 478 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 330 swine, 250 milk cows, 248 other cattle, 204 bushels of spring wheat, 145 swine slaughtered or sold, 144 sheep slaughtered or sold, 118 bushels of buckwheat, 117 horses aged over 3 years, 115 occupants of farms, 114 bushels of rye, 114 farm occupants who own their land, 73 acres of barley, 63 cattle killed or sold, 53 acres of potatoes, 44 bushels of beans, 42 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 acres of wheat, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 horses aged 3 years and under, 28 oxen, 13 geese, 11 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 9 acres of turnips, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (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: QC142010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3462998
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Michel-des-Saints
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Michel-des-Saints

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. Michel des Saints, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-michel-des-saints-qc142010-1891/.