St. Philippe, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Philippe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,716. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463156. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.338°N, 73.477°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Philippe had a population of 1,716: 899 male and 817 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,344 |
| 1871 | 1,754 |
| 1881 | 1,655 |
| 1891 | 1,716 |
| 1901 | 1,707 |
| 1911 | 1,615 |
| 1921 | 1,264 |
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. Philippe shared boundaries with:
- Laprairie
- St. Constant
- St. Edouard
- St. Jacques le Mineur
- St. Michel Archange
- Ste. Marguerite de Blairfindie
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,716 total population, 899 males, 817 females, 520 married persons, 286 families, 260 married females, 260 married males, 59 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 6 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,137 single persons under 18, 618 single males under 18, 519 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,657 French Canadians, 59 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 278 houses, 278 occupied houses, 260 houses built of wood, 244 houses of 1 story, 68 houses of 3 rooms, 68 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 53 houses of 4 rooms, 44 houses of 5 rooms, 33 houses of 2 stories, 31 houses of 2 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 15 houses built of brick, 6 houses of 1 room, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses built of stone, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 51,277 pounds of homemade butter, 40,300 bushels of oats, 26,688 acres of land in farms, 24,798 acres of improved land in farms, 19,944 acres of farmland under crops, 15,381 bushels of peas, 11,849 acres of hay crops, 11,572 bushels of potatoes, 9,553 bushels of buckwheat, 8,938 tons of hay, 6,184 chickens, 4,764 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,122 acres of oats, 3,150 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,603 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,890 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,491 bushels of barley, 1,323 sheep, 1,210 swine, 1,101 turkeys, 950 horses aged over 3 years, 879 milk cows, 878 swine slaughtered or sold, 859 bushels of corn, 785 sheep slaughtered or sold, 771 bushels of spring wheat, 677 other fowl, 653 geese, 508 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 483 ducks, 357 other cattle, 325 horses aged 3 years and under, 269 occupants of farms, 226 farm occupants who own their land, 209 cattle killed or sold, 157 acres of potatoes, 133 acres of barley, 125 acres of wheat, 90 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 81 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 67 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 61 bushels of turnips, 42 farm occupants who rent their land, 38 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 bushels of beans, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 2 oxen, 1 acres of turnips, 1 employees on farms. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Camille Lefebvre | 1831–1895 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC161007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC064006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463156
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Philippe, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-philippe-qc161007-1891/.