St. Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Roch des Aulnaies was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,662. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463285. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.291°N, 70.161°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Roch des Aulnaies had a population of 1,662: 837 male and 825 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).

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. Roch, 1881 (89.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Roch des Aulnaies shared boundaries with:

• St. Jean Port Joli
• Ste. Anne de la Pocatière
• Ste. Louise

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,662 total population, 837 males, 825 females, 486 married persons, 348 families, 243 married females, 243 married males, 72 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,104 single persons under 18, 562 single males under 18, 542 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,648 French Canadians, 14 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 297 houses, 297 occupied houses, 286 houses built of wood, 200 houses of 1 story, 128 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 72 houses of 2 stories, 41 houses of 3 rooms, 40 houses of 4 rooms, 34 houses of 5 rooms, 31 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 25 houses of 3 stories, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 12 uninhabited houses, 10 houses built of stone, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 64,263 bushels of potatoes, 63,107 pounds of homemade butter, 59,565 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 24,078 acres of land in farms, 22,119 bushels of oats, 15,185 acres of improved land in farms, 8,917 acres of farmland under crops, 8,893 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,497 bushels of spring wheat, 6,142 bushels of turnips, 6,084 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,375 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,125 acres of hay crops, 3,686 tons of hay, 1,966 acres of oats, 1,871 chickens, 1,827 bushels of rye, 1,762 bushels of barley, 1,306 sheep, 1,058 milk cows, 946 bushels of peas, 899 acres of wheat, 849 swine slaughtered or sold, 771 sheep slaughtered or sold, 537 acres of potatoes, 525 swine, 448 other cattle, 356 horses aged over 3 years, 347 bushels of corn, 271 occupants of farms, 271 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 241 farm occupants who own their land, 184 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 176 cattle killed or sold, 167 acres of barley, 130 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 114 other fowl, 103 geese, 79 turkeys, 75 horses aged 3 years and under, 68 bushels of beans, 53 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 43 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 acres of turnips, 32 oxen, 30 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 11 bushels of buckwheat, 5 ducks, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC165010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC067012_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3463285
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies

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. Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-des-aulnaies-qc165010-1891/.