St. Michel, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Michel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,747. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.018°N, 72.921°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Michel had a population of 1,747: 903 male and 844 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,939 |
| 1891 | 1,747 |
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 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,747 total population, 903 males, 844 females, 541 married persons, 291 families, 272 married females, 269 married males, 52 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,154 single persons under 18, 617 single males under 18, 537 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,747 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 244 houses, 244 occupied houses, 239 houses of 1 story, 232 houses built of wood, 88 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 59 houses of 5 rooms, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 26 uninhabited houses, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 50,263 bushels of oats, 23,027 acres of land in farms, 20,164 pounds of homemade butter, 18,225 acres of improved land in farms, 14,230 bushels of potatoes, 14,121 acres of farmland under crops, 10,316 bushels of buckwheat, 7,607 chickens, 5,320 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,802 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,767 acres of oats, 4,026 bushels of peas, 4,020 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,591 bushels of spring wheat, 3,269 acres of hay crops, 2,792 tons of hay, 2,038 sheep, 1,668 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,239 other cattle, 1,136 swine, 1,074 bushels of barley, 1,001 milk cows, 881 bushels of turnips, 648 turkeys, 599 bushels of corn, 567 horses aged over 3 years, 498 acres of wheat, 431 geese, 367 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 354 swine slaughtered or sold, 281 horses aged 3 years and under, 270 occupants of farms, 248 farm occupants who own their land, 241 ducks, 226 acres of potatoes, 202 cattle killed or sold, 136 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 119 other fowl, 118 bushels of rye, 112 bushels of beans, 84 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 82 acres of barley, 80 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 79 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 63 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 6 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC197006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197006— 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. Michel, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-michel-qc197006-1891/.