St. Samuel, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Samuel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.057°N, 72.209°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Samuel had a population of 200: 106 male and 94 female residents.

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 St. Samuel (part), 1901 (16.4% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Samuel d’Horton, 1901 (82.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Samuel shared boundaries with:

• St. Léonard
• St. Valère de Bulstrode
• Ste. Clothilde d'Horton
• Ste. Eulalie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 200 total population, 106 males, 94 females, 60 married persons, 35 families, 30 married females, 30 married males, 7 widowed persons, 5.70 average size of families, 4 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 133 single persons under 18, 72 single males under 18, 61 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 200 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 31 houses, 31 houses built of wood, 31 occupied houses, 21 houses of 1 story, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 8 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 4 rooms, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 6 uninhabited houses, 3 houses of 2 rooms, 3 houses of 3 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 1 room, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 5,261 bushels of oats, 4,515 acres of land in farms, 3,091 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,728 pounds of homemade butter, 1,740 bushels of potatoes, 1,424 acres of improved land in farms, 1,003 acres of farmland under crops, 753 bushels of buckwheat, 509 acres of oats, 503 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 430 bushels of spring wheat, 419 acres of farmland in pasture, 418 acres of hay crops, 386 chickens, 206 tons of hay, 144 sheep, 130 bushels of corn, 124 bushels of peas, 96 other cattle, 92 sheep slaughtered or sold, 86 milk cows, 64 swine, 49 acres of wheat, 46 swine slaughtered or sold, 41 horses aged over 3 years, 35 occupants of farms, 34 farm occupants who own their land, 30 bushels of barley, 28 oxen, 22 cattle killed or sold, 20 horses aged 3 years and under, 13 acres of potatoes, 13 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 other fowl, 11 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 9 bushels of beans, 9 geese, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 acres of barley, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 2 ducks, 2 turkeys, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC175017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC175017 — 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. Samuel, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-samuel-qc175017-1891/.