St. Pierre du Lac & Sayabec, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Pierre du Lac & Sayabec was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,115. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.564°N, 67.641°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Pierre du Lac & Sayabec had a population of 1,115: 574 male and 541 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Marie de Sayabec, 1901 (64.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Pierre du Lac & Sayabec shared boundaries with:
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 1,115 total population, 574 males, 541 females, 354 married persons, 202 families, 178 married males, 176 married females, 22 widowed persons, 12 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 739 single persons under 18, 384 single males under 18, 355 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,092 French Canadians, 23 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 195 occupied houses, 193 houses, 193 houses built of wood, 178 houses of 1 story, 123 houses of 2 rooms, 52 houses of 3 rooms, 15 houses of 2 stories, 14 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 houses of 1 room, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 17,069 acres of land in farms, 14,289 pounds of homemade butter, 13,517 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,372 bushels of potatoes, 5,244 bushels of oats, 3,552 acres of improved land in farms, 2,961 bushels of barley, 2,094 acres of farmland under crops, 1,449 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,254 bushels of peas, 1,188 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,142 bushels of spring wheat, 1,101 acres of hay crops, 966 tons of hay, 857 chickens, 820 bushels of rye, 715 bushels of winter wheat, 665 bushels of turnips, 461 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 420 sheep, 362 acres of oats, 189 swine, 186 milk cows, 173 acres of barley, 164 occupants of farms, 162 acres of wheat, 153 sheep slaughtered or sold, 152 farm occupants who own their land, 144 swine slaughtered or sold, 130 horses aged over 3 years, 100 other cattle, 84 acres of potatoes, 75 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 64 cattle killed or sold, 34 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 23 bushels of buckwheat, 15 horses aged 3 years and under, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 12 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 8 geese, 7 oxen, 6 acres of turnips, 6 ducks, 2 other fowl, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC183029— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC183029— 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. Pierre du Lac & Sayabec, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-du-lac-sayabec-qc183029-1891/.