St. Rémi, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Rémi, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,167. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912743. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.258°N, 73.617°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Rémi, Village had a population of 1,167: 578 male and 589 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Rémi

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 1,167 total population, 589 females, 578 males, 398 married persons, 205 families, 200 married females, 198 married males, 49 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 720 single persons under 18, 363 single males under 18, 357 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,162 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 205 houses, 205 houses built of wood, 205 occupied houses, 165 houses of 1 story, 77 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 2 stories, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 26 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 houses of 2 rooms, 7 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 3,269 pounds of homemade butter, 2,093 bushels of potatoes, 2,013 bushels of oats, 1,848 acres of land in farms, 1,745 acres of improved land in farms, 1,374 acres of farmland under crops, 797 chickens, 437 acres of hay crops, 388 bushels of barley, 384 tons of hay, 302 acres of farmland in pasture, 225 bushels of buckwheat, 154 acres of oats, 138 bushels of peas, 133 bushels of corn, 131 swine slaughtered or sold, 114 occupants of farms, 108 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 106 milk cows, 103 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 92 farm occupants who own their land, 85 sheep, 84 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 79 horses aged over 3 years, 69 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 47 bushels of spring wheat, 37 acres of potatoes, 34 acres of barley, 19 farm occupants who rent their land, 18 swine, 16 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 11 cattle killed or sold, 10 acres of wheat, 10 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 10 sheep slaughtered or sold, 10 turkeys, 9 geese, 6 bushels of beans, 5 other cattle, 4 oxen, 4 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 3 ducks, 3 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC174007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC077007 — 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, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-r-mi-village-qc174007-1891/.