St. Sylvestre, VL, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Sylvestre, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,633. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912808. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.355°N, 71.221°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Sylvestre, VL had a population of 1,633: 849 male and 784 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,733 |
| 1861 | 4,107 |
| 1871 | 3,719 |
| 1881 | 1,893 |
| 1891 | 1,633 |
| 1901 | 1,458 |
| 1911 | 1,285 |
| 1921 | 229 |
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. Sylvestre, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,633 total population, 849 males, 784 females, 468 married persons, 257 families, 235 married males, 233 married females, 58 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 6.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,107 single persons under 18, 593 single males under 18, 514 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 909 French Canadians, 724 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 254 houses, 254 occupied houses, 251 houses built of wood, 246 houses of 1 story, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 42 uninhabited houses, 39 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 20 houses of 2 rooms, 12 houses of 1 room, 7 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 119,840 pounds of homemade butter, 36,469 acres of land in farms, 32,717 bushels of oats, 25,923 bushels of potatoes, 24,609 acres of improved land in farms, 12,516 acres of farmland under crops, 12,073 acres of farmland in pasture, 11,860 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,775 acres of hay crops, 4,490 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,319 tons of hay, 3,442 bushels of buckwheat, 3,099 chickens, 2,662 acres of oats, 2,596 bushels of spring wheat, 2,014 bushels of turnips, 1,715 sheep, 1,673 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,282 bushels of barley, 1,271 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,203 milk cows, 1,185 other cattle, 609 bushels of peas, 607 cattle killed or sold, 584 swine slaughtered or sold, 422 other fowl, 359 horses aged over 3 years, 264 swine, 262 acres of wheat, 234 oxen, 227 occupants of farms, 225 farm occupants who own their land, 209 acres of potatoes, 154 horses aged 3 years and under, 130 acres of barley, 93 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 76 geese, 68 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 56 turkeys, 55 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 30 bushels of corn, 22 bushels of beans, 20 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 15 bushels of rye, 15 bushels of winter wheat, 11 acres of turnips, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 ducks, 6 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC166015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068027— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912808
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. Sylvestre, VL, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sylvestre-vl-qc166015-1891/.