St. Paul l'Ermite, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Paul l'Ermite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,170. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912672. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.772°N, 73.496°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Paul l'Ermite had a population of 1,170: 597 male and 573 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,006 |
| 1881 | 1,490 |
| 1891 | 1,170 |
| 1901 | 1,388 |
| 1911 | 771 |
| 1921 | 762 |
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. Paul l'Ermite shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,170 total population, 597 males, 573 females, 368 married persons, 213 families, 184 married females, 184 married males, 53 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 749 single persons under 18, 387 single males under 18, 362 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,143 French Canadians, 27 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 194 houses, 194 occupied houses, 184 houses of 1 story, 157 houses built of wood, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 56 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses built of stone, 27 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 2 stories, 9 houses built of brick, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,594 pounds of homemade butter, 23,377 bushels of oats, 15,300 bushels of potatoes, 8,509 acres of land in farms, 6,762 acres of improved land in farms, 4,310 acres of farmland under crops, 3,177 bushels of buckwheat, 2,415 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,403 bushels of peas, 2,399 acres of oats, 2,248 chickens, 2,137 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,945 tons of hay, 1,747 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,698 acres of hay crops, 1,521 bushels of barley, 1,437 bushels of spring wheat, 1,119 bushels of corn, 688 bushels of turnips, 585 milk cows, 450 sheep, 379 sheep slaughtered or sold, 372 bushels of beans, 345 other cattle, 344 swine, 337 swine slaughtered or sold, 308 horses aged over 3 years, 183 occupants of farms, 157 acres of potatoes, 156 acres of wheat, 150 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 140 farm occupants who own their land, 129 horses aged 3 years and under, 128 geese, 107 cattle killed or sold, 104 acres of barley, 101 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 75 turkeys, 50 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 40 farm occupants who rent their land, 37 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 35 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 32 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 31 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 28 bushels of rye, 13 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 ducks, 6 acres of turnips, 6 other fowl, 4 oxen, 3 employees on farms, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC162009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912672
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. Paul l'Ermite, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paul-l-ermite-qc162009-1891/.