St. Rémi, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Rémi was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,647. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.255°N, 73.634°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Rémi had a population of 1,647: 822 male and 825 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,938 |
| 1881 | 1,805 |
| 1891 | 1,647 |
| 1901 | 1,450 |
| 1911 | 1,253 |
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. Rémi shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,647 total population, 825 females, 822 males, 506 married persons, 271 families, 253 married females, 253 married males, 67 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,074 single persons under 18, 543 single males under 18, 531 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,521 French Canadians, 126 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 268 houses, 268 occupied houses, 264 houses of 1 story, 261 houses built of wood, 80 houses of 3 rooms, 65 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 44 houses of 4 rooms, 39 houses of 2 rooms, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 21 uninhabited houses, 5 houses built of brick, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses built of stone, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 40,118 bushels of oats, 38,988 pounds of homemade butter, 20,853 acres of land in farms, 19,009 acres of improved land in farms, 16,844 bushels of potatoes, 14,018 acres of farmland under crops, 6,330 bushels of buckwheat, 5,923 acres of hay crops, 5,349 chickens, 4,743 tons of hay, 4,668 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,652 bushels of peas, 4,277 acres of oats, 4,071 bushels of barley, 2,707 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,698 bushels of corn, 1,844 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,609 bushels of spring wheat, 894 milk cows, 736 sheep, 705 horses aged over 3 years, 660 swine slaughtered or sold, 577 other cattle, 531 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 529 geese, 495 swine, 462 sheep slaughtered or sold, 454 acres of barley, 380 turkeys, 356 horses aged 3 years and under, 346 acres of wheat, 333 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 323 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 310 cattle killed or sold, 273 bushels of turnips, 258 occupants of farms, 237 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 231 acres of potatoes, 223 farm occupants who own their land, 222 bushels of beans, 116 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 87 ducks, 66 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 other fowl, 38 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 35 farm occupants who rent their land, 31 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 acres of turnips, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC174006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC166012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912743
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. Rémi, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-r-mi-qc174006-1891/.