St. Nicolas, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Nicolas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,768. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.686°N, 71.380°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Nicolas had a population of 1,768: 891 male and 877 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,719 |
| 1861 | 2,219 |
| 1871 | 2,356 |
| 1881 | 2,246 |
| 1891 | 1,768 |
| 1901 | 1,627 |
| 1911 | 1,543 |
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. Nicolas 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 1,768 total population, 891 males, 877 females, 499 married persons, 314 families, 250 married males, 249 married females, 72 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 23 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,197 single persons under 18, 618 single males under 18, 579 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,758 French Canadians, 10 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 307 occupied houses, 306 houses, 295 houses built of wood, 292 houses of 1 story, 150 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 77 uninhabited houses, 57 houses of 5 rooms, 45 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 14 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 5 houses built of stone, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 133,143 bushels of potatoes, 96,483 pounds of homemade butter, 31,813 acres of land in farms, 23,685 bushels of oats, 18,360 acres of improved land in farms, 13,453 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 12,348 acres of farmland under crops, 5,843 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,394 acres of hay crops, 5,146 tons of hay, 4,244 chickens, 3,052 bushels of buckwheat, 2,495 bushels of turnips, 2,326 acres of oats, 2,100 bushels of rye, 2,092 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,936 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,109 bushels of spring wheat, 1,041 sheep, 958 bushels of corn, 939 milk cows, 864 acres of potatoes, 809 bushels of peas, 707 other cattle, 705 swine slaughtered or sold, 673 swine, 591 sheep slaughtered or sold, 340 horses aged over 3 years, 286 occupants of farms, 262 cattle killed or sold, 260 farm occupants who own their land, 246 oxen, 169 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 169 bushels of beans, 167 acres of wheat, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 91 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 77 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 72 horses aged 3 years and under, 64 bushels of barley, 58 other fowl, 52 ducks, 50 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 41 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 31 geese, 27 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 26 farm occupants who rent their land, 24 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 10, 10 turkeys, 6 acres of barley. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Costigan | 1835–1916 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC164011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC169011_1861— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463051
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. Nicolas, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-nicolas-qc164011-1891/.