Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
St. Romuald, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Romuald was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,545. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.739°N, 71.251°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Romuald had a population of 3,545: 1,752 male and 1,793 female residents. Population density was 619.8 people per square mile.
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. Romuald shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 162 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.60 |
| FAM NO | 632 |
| Number of families | 632 |
| Number of females | 1,793 |
| Number of males | 1,752 |
| Number of married females | 563 |
| Number of married males | 560 |
| Number of married persons | 1,123 |
| Number of widowed females | 86 |
| Number of widowed males | 48 |
| Number of widowed persons | 134 |
| POP F | 1,793 |
| POP M | 1,752 |
| POP TOT | 3,545 |
| Total population | 3,545 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,144 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,144 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,288 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 3,413 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 132 |
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 624 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 17 |
| Number of houses built of stone | 9 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 596 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 11 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 507 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 25 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 47 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 113 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 133 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 151 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 72 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 180 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 3 |
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of occupied houses | 624 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 36 |
Agriculture (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 4 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 32 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 926 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 2,345 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 1,542 |
| Acres of hay crops | 986 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 2,500 |
| Acres of land in farms | 4,845 |
| Acres of oats | 412 |
| Acres of potatoes | 41 |
| Acres of turnips | 6 |
| Acres of wheat | 4 |
| BAR AC | 4 |
| BAR BU | 41 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 41 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 29 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 133 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,837 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 111 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,764 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 566 |
| BWT BU | 133 |
| HAY AC | 986 |
| HAY TONS | 976 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 59 |
| Number of chickens | 2,606 |
| Number of ducks | 111 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 71 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 13 |
| Number of geese | 37 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 12 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 150 |
| Number of milk cows | 199 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 84 |
| Number of other cattle | 124 |
| Number of oxen | 27 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 6 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 5 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 10 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 47 |
| Number of sheep | 165 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 72 |
| Number of swine | 289 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 187 |
| Number of turkeys | 20 |
| OAT AC | 412 |
| OAT BU | 3,837 |
| PEA BU | 111 |
| POT AC | 41 |
| POT BU | 3,764 |
| Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year | 781 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 16,900 |
| RYE BU | 10 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 976 |
| WHT AC | 4 |
| WHT SP BU | 25 |
Other recorded variables (65 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 6 |
| A 11 50 | 5 |
| A 201 PL | 10 |
| A 51 100 | 16 |
| BEN BU | 29 |
| BUTTER LB | 16,900 |
| CATTLE KS | 59 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 1,144 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 1,144 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 2,288 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 12 |
| DUCKS | 111 |
| FAMILIES | 632 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.60 |
| FINE WOOL LB | 781 |
| FRN CA | 3,413 |
| GEESE | 37 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 2,606 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 150 |
| HOUSES | 624 |
| HOUSES B | 17 |
| HOUSES CON | 4 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 25 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 72 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 151 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 11 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 507 |
| HOUSES S | 9 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 180 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 3 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 133 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 47 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 113 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 36 |
| HOUSES W | 596 |
| INF 11 A | 47 |
| MD FEM | 563 |
| MD MALE | 560 |
| MD TOT | 1,123 |
| MILK COWS | 199 |
| NAME CD | Lévis |
| OC F | 13 |
| OC P | 71 |
| OC TOT | 84 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 124 |
| OTHERS | 132 |
| SHEEP | 165 |
| SHEEP KS | 72 |
| SUP AM | 2,500 |
| SUP FOR | 2,345 |
| SUP JV | 32 |
| SUP PAT | 926 |
| SUP SC | 1,542 |
| SUP TOT | 4,845 |
| SWINE | 289 |
| SWINE KS | 187 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 624 |
| TUR AC | 6 |
| TUR BU | 566 |
| TURKEY | 20 |
| WID FEM | 86 |
| WID MALE | 48 |
| WID TOT | 134 |
| WORKING OX | 27 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC164012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC066012 — 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. Romuald, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-romuald-qc164012-1891/.