Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
St. Ours, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Ours, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 918. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.888°N, 73.150°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Ours, Town—Ville had a population of 918: 436 male and 482 female residents. Population density was 6251.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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. Ours, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 158 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.20 |
| FAM NO | 178 |
| Number of families | 178 |
| Number of females | 482 |
| Number of males | 436 |
| Number of married females | 148 |
| Number of married males | 152 |
| Number of married persons | 300 |
| Number of widowed females | 28 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 41 |
| POP F | 482 |
| POP M | 436 |
| POP TOT | 918 |
| Total population | 918 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 306 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 271 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 577 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 916 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 2 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 107 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 24 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 3 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 80 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 80 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 10 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 2 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 25 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 6 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 11 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 66 |
| Number of houses of more than 3 stories | 1 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 5 |
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of occupied houses | 107 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (58 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 6 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 99 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 42 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 16 |
| Acres of hay crops | 224 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 157 |
| Acres of land in farms | 157 |
| Acres of oats | 37 |
| Acres of potatoes | 24 |
| Acres of turnips | 1 |
| Acres of wheat | 3 |
| BAR AC | 6 |
| BAR BU | 138 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 138 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 287 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 156 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,181 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 142 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,746 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 107 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 10 |
| BWT BU | 287 |
| CRN BU | 156 |
| HAY AC | 224 |
| HAY TONS | 262 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 2 |
| Number of chickens | 357 |
| Number of ducks | 3 |
| Number of employees on farms | 1 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 70 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 32 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 12 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 61 |
| Number of milk cows | 62 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 103 |
| Number of other cattle | 6 |
| Number of other fowl | 76 |
| Number of oxen | 1 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 3 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 100 |
| Number of sheep | 12 |
| Number of swine | 37 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 47 |
| OAT AC | 37 |
| OAT BU | 1,181 |
| PEA BU | 142 |
| POT AC | 24 |
| POT BU | 1,746 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 27 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 35 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 3,423 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 262 |
| WHT AC | 3 |
| WHT FALL BU | 10 |
| WHT SP BU | 15 |
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 11 50 | 3 |
| BEN BU | 11 |
| BUTTER LB | 3,423 |
| CATTLE KS | 2 |
| CHEESE LB | 27 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 306 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 271 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 577 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 12 |
| DUCKS | 3 |
| FAMILIES | 178 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.20 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 35 |
| FRN CA | 916 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 357 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 61 |
| HOUSES | 107 |
| HOUSES B | 24 |
| HOUSES CON | 1 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 10 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 6 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 80 |
| HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES S | 3 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 66 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 5 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 7 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 1 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 25 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 7 |
| HOUSES W | 80 |
| INF 11 A | 100 |
| MD FEM | 148 |
| MD MALE | 152 |
| MD TOT | 300 |
| MILK COWS | 62 |
| NAME CD | Richelieu |
| OC E | 1 |
| OC F | 32 |
| OC P | 70 |
| OC TOT | 103 |
| OTHER FOWL | 76 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 6 |
| OTHERS | 2 |
| SHEEP | 12 |
| SUP AM | 157 |
| SUP JV | 99 |
| SUP PAT | 42 |
| SUP SC | 16 |
| SUP TOT | 157 |
| SWINE | 37 |
| SWINE KS | 47 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 107 |
| TUR AC | 1 |
| TUR BU | 107 |
| WID FEM | 28 |
| WID MALE | 13 |
| WID TOT | 41 |
| WORKING OX | 1 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC181008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC082012 — 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. Ours, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ours-town-ville-qc181008-1891/.