St. Roch, South —Sud, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: St. Roch, South —Sud (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Roch, South —Sud was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 15,358. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.813°N, 71.275°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Roch, South —Sud had a population of 15,358: 7,251 male and 8,107 female residents. Population density was 2377.9 people per square mile.

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.

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Québec, St. Valier, Ward—Quartier, 1901 (6.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Roch, South —Sud shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 140 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5
FAM NO	3,070
Number of families	3,070
Number of females	8,107
Number of males	7,251
Number of married females	2,725
Number of married males	2,715
Number of married persons	5,440
Number of widowed females	496
Number of widowed males	217
Number of widowed persons	713
POP F	8,107
POP M	7,251
POP TOT	15,358
Total population	15,358

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	4,886
Number of single males under 18	4,319
Number of single persons under 18	9,205

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	15,100
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	258

Buildings & housing (19 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	1,964
Number of houses built of brick	347
Number of houses built of stone	8
Number of houses built of wood	1,609
Number of houses of 1 room	20
Number of houses of 1 story	757
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	125
Number of houses of 2 rooms	198
Number of houses of 2 stories	1,114
Number of houses of 3 rooms	249
Number of houses of 3 stories	86
Number of houses of 4 rooms	304
Number of houses of 5 rooms	225
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	796
Number of houses of more than 3 stories	7
Number of houses of over 15 rooms	47
Number of houses under construction	33
Number of occupied houses	1,964
Number of uninhabited houses	41

Agriculture (38 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	15
Acres of farmland in pasture	10
Acres of farmland under crops	369
Acres of hay crops	11
Acres of improved land in farms	394
Acres of land in farms	394
Bushels of beans produced in the past year	10
Bushels of corn produced in the past year	1
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	8
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	40
Capacity of silos (tons)	78
CRN BU	1
HAY AC	11
HAY TONS	12
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	10
Number of chickens	3,581
Number of ducks	104
Number of farm occupants who own their land	13
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	2
Number of geese	13
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	17
Number of horses aged over 3 years	600
Number of milk cows	292
Number of occupants of farms	15
Number of other cattle	15
Number of other fowl	159
Number of oxen	12
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	1
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	13
Number of sheep	24
Number of swine	224
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	59
Number of turkeys	10
POT BU	8
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	96
Pounds of homemade butter	966
Tons of hay produced in the past year	12

Other recorded variables (63 variables)

Variable	Value
A 11 50	1
A 201 PL	1
BEN BU	10
BUTTER LB	966
CATTLE KS	10
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	4,886
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	4,319
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	9,205
COARSE WOOL LB	96
COLTS FILLIES	17
DUCKS	104
FAMILIES	3,070
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5
FRN CA	15,100
GEESE	13
HENS AND CHKN	3,581
HORSES OVR THREE	600
HOUSES	1,964
HOUSES B	347
HOUSES CON	33
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	125
HOUSES FIVE RM	225
HOUSES FOUR RM	304
HOUSES ONE RM	20
HOUSES ONE STRY	757
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY	7
HOUSES S	8
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	796
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM	47
HOUSES THREE RM	249
HOUSES THREE STRY	86
HOUSES TWO RM	198
HOUSES TWO STRY	1,114
HOUSES UNINH	41
HOUSES W	1,609
INF 11 A	13
MD FEM	2,725
MD MALE	2,715
MD TOT	5,440
MILK COWS	292
NAME CD	Quebec, City—Cité
OC F	2
OC P	13
OC TOT	15
OTHER FOWL	159
OTHER HRN CATTLE	15
OTHERS	258
SHEEP	24
SILOS	78
SUP AM	394
SUP JV	15
SUP PAT	10
SUP SC	369
SUP TOT	394
SWINE	224
SWINE KS	59
TOT DWLG OCC	1,964
TUR BU	40
TURKEY	10
WID FEM	496
WID MALE	217
WID TOT	713
WORKING OX	12

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC179013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC179013 — 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. Roch, South —Sud, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-south-sud-qc179013-1891/.