St. Sauveur, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Sauveur was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q143360. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.872°N, 74.164°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Sauveur had a population of 1,460: 734 male and 726 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,845 |
| 1881 | 1,616 |
| 1891 | 1,460 |
| 1901 | 1,511 |
| 1911 | 1,283 |
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. Sauveur shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,460 total population, 734 males, 726 females, 494 married persons, 249 married females, 248 families, 245 married males, 46 widowed persons, 24 widowed males, 22 widowed females, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 920 single persons under 18, 465 single males under 18, 455 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,259 French Canadians, 201 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 247 houses, 247 occupied houses, 246 houses built of wood, 228 houses of 1 story, 65 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 46 uninhabited houses, 45 houses of 1 room, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 21 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 18 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 67,099 pounds of homemade butter, 23,834 acres of land in farms, 19,386 bushels of potatoes, 18,264 bushels of oats, 12,895 acres of improved land in farms, 10,939 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,053 acres of farmland under crops, 4,816 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,007 acres of hay crops, 3,716 bushels of buckwheat, 3,281 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,702 chickens, 2,601 tons of hay, 2,421 acres of oats, 1,100 bushels of peas, 1,077 sheep, 927 milk cows, 723 bushels of turnips, 710 bushels of barley, 656 bushels of spring wheat, 652 swine slaughtered or sold, 537 sheep slaughtered or sold, 444 other cattle, 385 horses aged over 3 years, 329 swine, 220 cattle killed or sold, 211 occupants of farms, 201 acres of potatoes, 197 farm occupants who own their land, 150 bushels of corn, 131 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 97 acres of wheat, 90 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 84 horses aged 3 years and under, 71 acres of barley, 61 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 58 bushels of beans, 44 ducks, 44 turkeys, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 21 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 farm occupants who rent their land, 13 geese, 11 other fowl, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 oxen, 6 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC193014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC202013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q143360
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. Sauveur, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sauveur-qc193014-1891/.