St. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: St. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,050. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.600°N, 72.345°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S had a population of 1,050: 581 male and 469 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.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Prime, 1881 (87.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S shared boundaries with:

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 1,050 total population, 581 males, 469 females, 313 married persons, 172 families, 157 married males, 156 married females, 21 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 10 widowed females, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 716 single persons under 18, 413 single males under 18, 303 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,037 French Canadians, 13 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 167 occupied houses, 163 houses, 163 houses built of wood, 156 houses of 1 story, 41 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 2 rooms, 35 houses of 1 room, 27 houses of 4 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 12 houses under construction, 7 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of 5 rooms, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,862 acres of land in farms, 17,815 pounds of homemade butter, 17,096 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,372 bushels of potatoes, 12,116 bushels of oats, 7,766 acres of improved land in farms, 4,956 acres of farmland under crops, 4,179 bushels of spring wheat, 3,750 bushels of peas, 3,457 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,782 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,936 acres of hay crops, 1,476 chickens, 1,441 tons of hay, 1,421 bushels of turnips, 1,133 acres of oats, 1,055 sheep, 863 bushels of rye, 729 bushels of barley, 585 milk cows, 551 acres of wheat, 489 swine, 461 bushels of buckwheat, 457 other cattle, 416 sheep slaughtered or sold, 403 swine slaughtered or sold, 221 horses aged over 3 years, 195 cattle killed or sold, 159 occupants of farms, 142 farm occupants who own their land, 114 acres of potatoes, 88 geese, 66 acres of barley, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 57 oxen, 54 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 horses aged 3 years and under, 43 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 30 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 28 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 turkeys, 26 bushels of corn, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 24 bushels of beans, 19 bushels of winter wheat, 19 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 12 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC149027 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC149027 — 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. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-prime-ashuapmouchouan-s-qc149027-1891/.