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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q3463031

St. Narcisse, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Narcisse was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,950. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463031. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.581°N, 72.516°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Narcisse had a population of 1,950: 998 male and 952 female residents.

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,950 total population, 998 males, 952 females, 585 married persons, 330 families, 293 married females, 292 married males, 63 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,302 single persons under 18, 684 single males under 18, 618 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,948 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 308 occupied houses, 307 houses, 304 houses built of wood, 293 houses of 1 story, 73 houses of 3 rooms, 67 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 66 houses of 2 rooms, 60 houses of 4 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 60,176 pounds of homemade butter, 48,549 bushels of oats, 23,330 acres of land in farms, 14,707 bushels of potatoes, 14,323 acres of improved land in farms, 10,543 acres of farmland under crops, 9,007 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,848 chickens, 4,729 bushels of buckwheat, 4,603 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,551 bushels of spring wheat, 3,531 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,881 bushels of peas, 2,379 sheep, 2,356 tons of hay, 2,311 acres of oats, 2,210 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,998 bushels of turnips, 1,924 acres of hay crops, 1,438 swine, 990 bushels of barley, 814 milk cows, 737 sheep slaughtered or sold, 700 other cattle, 594 swine slaughtered or sold, 516 acres of wheat, 370 horses aged over 3 years, 333 bushels of corn, 323 bushels of beans, 310 occupants of farms, 307 farm occupants who own their land, 264 cattle killed or sold, 249 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 162 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 142 acres of potatoes, 139 oxen, 135 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 111 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 105 other fowl, 96 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 89 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 acres of barley, 52 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 46 acres of turnips, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 bushels of rye, 18 turkeys, 12 ducks, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 geese. (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. Narcisse, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-narcisse-qc146012-1891/.