St. Polycarpe, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Polycarpe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,734. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912724. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.300°N, 74.315°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Polycarpe had a population of 1,734: 901 male and 833 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,734 |
| 1901 | 1,515 |
| 1911 | 1,327 |
| 1921 | 1,477 |
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. Polycarpe shared boundaries with:
- Côteau Stn., VL
- St. Clet
- St. Ignace
- St. Polycarpe, Village
- St. Télesphore
- St. Zotique
- Ste. Justine de Newton
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,734 total population, 901 males, 833 females, 560 married persons, 300 families, 281 married females, 279 married males, 60 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,114 single persons under 18, 598 single males under 18, 516 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,710 French Canadians, 24 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 285 houses, 285 occupied houses, 259 houses built of wood, 183 houses of 1 story, 102 houses of 2 stories, 78 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 67 houses of 3 rooms, 57 houses of 4 rooms, 41 houses of 5 rooms, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses built of brick, 18 uninhabited houses, 5 houses built of stone, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 57,353 bushels of oats, 38,125 pounds of homemade butter, 22,147 acres of land in farms, 21,002 bushels of potatoes, 20,685 acres of improved land in farms, 15,980 acres of farmland under crops, 15,329 bushels of peas, 13,298 chickens, 12,329 bushels of barley, 6,125 bushels of buckwheat, 5,887 acres of oats, 5,122 bushels of spring wheat, 5,095 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,771 acres of hay crops, 4,552 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,089 tons of hay, 1,853 bushels of corn, 1,831 sheep, 1,462 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,388 swine, 1,165 acres of barley, 978 turkeys, 958 other cattle, 910 sheep slaughtered or sold, 893 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 872 milk cows, 854 acres of wheat, 761 swine slaughtered or sold, 714 horses aged over 3 years, 698 bushels of turnips, 443 geese, 341 cattle killed or sold, 300 occupants of farms, 273 horses aged 3 years and under, 240 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 237 ducks, 226 acres of potatoes, 221 farm occupants who own their land, 153 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 148 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 146 bushels of beans, 127 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 79 farm occupants who rent their land, 75 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 72 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 other fowl, 30 bushels of rye, 21 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anson McKim | 1855–1917 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC190008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC089004_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912724
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. Polycarpe, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-polycarpe-qc190008-1891/.