St. Michel, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Michel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,838. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462990. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.839°N, 70.875°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Michel had a population of 1,838: 875 male and 963 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,369 |
| 1871 | 2,134 |
| 1881 | 2,099 |
| 1891 | 1,838 |
| 1901 | 1,722 |
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. Michel shared boundaries with:
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 1,838 total population, 963 females, 875 males, 578 married persons, 348 families, 289 married females, 289 married males, 88 widowed persons, 65 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,172 single persons under 18, 609 single females under 18, 563 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,836 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 302 houses, 302 occupied houses, 286 houses built of wood, 262 houses of 1 story, 92 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 58 houses of 4 rooms, 44 houses of 5 rooms, 39 houses of 2 stories, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 27 houses of 1 room, 24 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 19 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses built of stone, 10 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 54,080 pounds of homemade butter, 49,647 bushels of potatoes, 24,354 bushels of oats, 16,804 acres of land in farms, 11,217 acres of improved land in farms, 7,133 acres of farmland under crops, 5,587 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,972 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,806 acres of hay crops, 3,712 tons of hay, 2,512 acres of oats, 2,240 bushels of turnips, 2,219 chickens, 1,986 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,877 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,270 bushels of buckwheat, 1,226 bushels of peas, 887 swine slaughtered or sold, 867 bushels of spring wheat, 856 sheep, 818 bushels of rye, 727 bushels of barley, 652 milk cows, 647 other cattle, 607 swine, 560 sheep slaughtered or sold, 405 acres of potatoes, 331 cattle killed or sold, 258 horses aged over 3 years, 213 occupants of farms, 198 farm occupants who own their land, 141 oxen, 134 acres of wheat, 112 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 91 geese, 89 acres of barley, 83 horses aged 3 years and under, 81 bushels of corn, 77 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 65 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 53 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 ducks, 31 bushels of beans, 25 acres of turnips, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 bushels of winter wheat, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC141009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC141009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462990
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
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, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-michel-qc141009-1891/.