St. Thomas, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Thomas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,068. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.026°N, 73.331°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Thomas had a population of 2,068: 1,081 male and 987 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,019 |
| 1861 | 2,003 |
| 1871 | 1,843 |
| 1881 | 1,535 |
| 1891 | 2,068 |
| 1901 | 1,570 |
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. Thomas shared boundaries with:
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 2,068 total population, 1,081 males, 987 females, 708 married persons, 412 families, 354 married females, 354 married males, 49 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,311 single persons under 18, 709 single males under 18, 602 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,067 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 276 houses, 276 occupied houses, 264 houses built of wood, 252 houses of 1 story, 93 houses of 4 rooms, 50 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 49 houses of 2 rooms, 47 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 2 stories, 14 uninhabited houses, 6 houses built of brick, 6 houses built of stone, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 1 room, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 28,475 pounds of homemade butter, 26,452 bushels of oats, 22,143 acres of land in farms, 20,636 bushels of potatoes, 16,897 acres of improved land in farms, 10,971 acres of farmland under crops, 7,138 chickens, 6,672 bushels of peas, 5,897 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,246 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,958 bushels of buckwheat, 3,647 acres of oats, 3,531 tons of hay, 2,791 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,768 acres of hay crops, 2,725 bushels of rye, 2,325 bushels of turnips, 1,894 bushels of spring wheat, 1,675 bushels of barley, 1,598 bushels of corn, 1,018 sheep, 853 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 795 swine, 726 milk cows, 688 swine slaughtered or sold, 632 other cattle, 552 turkeys, 510 sheep slaughtered or sold, 420 horses aged over 3 years, 353 acres of wheat, 254 acres of potatoes, 228 occupants of farms, 223 acres of barley, 219 farm occupants who own their land, 209 cattle killed or sold, 172 geese, 143 horses aged 3 years and under, 100 other fowl, 91 ducks, 80 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 71 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 70 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 bushels of beans, 45 bushels of winter wheat, 41 acres of turnips, 37 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 30 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 9 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC159013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC158014— 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. Thomas, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-qc159013-1891/.