St. Pie, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Pie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,342. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912693. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.513°N, 72.897°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Pie had a population of 3,342: 1,673 male and 1,669 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,468 |
| 1881 | 3,037 |
| 1891 | 3,342 |
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. Pie shared boundaries with:
- Notre-Dame de St. Hyacinthe
- St. Césaire
- St. Damase
- St. Dominique
- St. Hyacinthe le Confesseur
- St. Paul d'Abbotsford
- Ste. Cécile de Milton
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,342 total population, 1,673 males, 1,669 females, 1,137 married persons, 585 families, 576 married males, 561 married females, 151 widowed persons, 103 widowed females, 48 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,054 single persons under 18, 1,049 single males under 18, 1,005 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,306 French Canadians, 36 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 536 houses, 536 occupied houses, 510 houses built of wood, 300 houses of 1 story, 223 houses of 2 stories, 13 houses built of stone, 9 houses built of brick, 8 houses of 3 stories, 7 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 52,690 bushels of oats, 32,449 pounds of homemade butter, 30,439 acres of land in farms, 29,807 bushels of turnips, 28,714 acres of improved land in farms, 27,998 bushels of potatoes, 21,834 acres of farmland under crops, 17,837 chickens, 13,480 acres of hay crops, 10,861 tons of hay, 10,299 bushels of corn, 8,016 bushels of barley, 6,776 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,010 bushels of spring wheat, 5,562 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 5,013 acres of oats, 4,599 bushels of buckwheat, 4,062 bushels of peas, 1,977 swine, 1,958 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,956 sheep, 1,725 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,483 milk cows, 1,002 other cattle, 943 horses aged over 3 years, 864 swine slaughtered or sold, 859 acres of wheat, 849 geese, 662 acres of barley, 652 cattle killed or sold, 560 occupants of farms, 534 turkeys, 458 other fowl, 451 farm occupants who own their land, 355 horses aged 3 years and under, 332 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 274 acres of potatoes, 273 bushels of beans, 219 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 186 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 172 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 128 ducks, 126 acres of turnips, 109 farm occupants who rent their land, 104 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 91 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 54 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 bushels of rye, 10 oxen, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC138009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC138009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912693
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. Pie, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pie-qc138009-1891/.