St. Thomas de Pierreville, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Thomas de Pierreville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,121. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912819. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.091°N, 72.797°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Thomas de Pierreville had a population of 2,121: 1,123 male and 998 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Thomas de Pierreville, 1881 (75.3% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Thomas, 1901 (78.4% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Thomas de Pierreville shared boundaries with:

• La Baie du Febvre
• Pierreville, VL
• St. Elphège

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,121 total population, 1,123 males, 998 females, 737 married persons, 369 married males, 368 married females, 342 families, 57 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,327 single persons under 18, 727 single males under 18, 600 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,109 French Canadians, 12 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 337 houses, 337 occupied houses, 336 houses of 1 story, 318 houses built of wood, 89 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 84 houses of 4 rooms, 80 houses of 3 rooms, 44 houses of 5 rooms, 34 houses of 2 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 17 houses built of brick, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 51,512 bushels of oats, 19,439 bushels of potatoes, 19,230 acres of land in farms, 17,846 pounds of homemade butter, 13,775 acres of improved land in farms, 12,689 bushels of buckwheat, 9,644 acres of farmland under crops, 5,455 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,078 chickens, 4,034 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,926 acres of oats, 3,169 tons of hay, 3,098 bushels of spring wheat, 3,058 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,621 acres of hay crops, 2,217 bushels of peas, 1,235 milk cows, 1,139 bushels of corn, 859 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 790 sheep, 646 swine, 597 other cattle, 539 bushels of barley, 460 horses aged 3 years and under, 402 sheep slaughtered or sold, 397 acres of wheat, 308 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 305 occupants of farms, 290 farm occupants who own their land, 216 acres of potatoes, 170 ducks, 153 horses aged over 3 years, 133 cattle killed or sold, 132 bushels of rye, 115 swine slaughtered or sold, 100 bushels of winter wheat, 98 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 97 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 97 bushels of turnips, 83 bushels of beans, 73 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 64 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 60 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 49 acres of barley, 46 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 32 geese, Capacity of silos (tons): 25, 15 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 other fowl, 5 turkeys, 3 acres of turnips, 2 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC197008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC100013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112912819

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. Thomas de Pierreville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-de-pierreville-qc197008-1891/.