St. Valier, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Valier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,322. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.871°N, 70.801°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Valier had a population of 1,322: 632 male and 690 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,915 |
| 1861 | 1,409 |
| 1871 | 1,457 |
| 1881 | 1,372 |
| 1891 | 1,322 |
| 1901 | 1,392 |
| 1911 | 1,278 |
| 1921 | 1,217 |
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. Valier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,322 total population, 690 females, 632 males, 440 married persons, 288 families, 221 married males, 219 married females, 60 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 4.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 822 single persons under 18, 433 single females under 18, 389 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,320 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 224 houses, 224 occupied houses, 221 houses built of wood, 212 houses of 1 story, 80 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 4 rooms, 28 houses of 3 rooms, 22 houses of 2 rooms, 15 uninhabited houses, 12 houses of 2 stories, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 1 room, 3 houses built of stone. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 60,898 pounds of homemade butter, 25,586 bushels of potatoes, 19,996 bushels of oats, 13,171 acres of land in farms, 10,422 acres of improved land in farms, 6,758 acres of farmland under crops, 3,973 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,762 acres of hay crops, 3,547 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,310 tons of hay, 2,977 bushels of turnips, 2,867 chickens, 2,749 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,336 acres of oats, 1,268 cattle killed or sold, 1,063 bushels of spring wheat, 1,027 sheep, 951 bushels of buckwheat, 785 swine, 777 swine slaughtered or sold, 656 milk cows, 561 sheep slaughtered or sold, 535 bushels of peas, 512 other cattle, 492 bushels of barley, 295 bushels of rye, 278 horses aged over 3 years, 247 acres of potatoes, 218 acres of wheat, 199 occupants of farms, 161 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 128 bushels of corn, 124 ducks, 117 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 112 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 105 horses aged 3 years and under, 89 oxen, 73 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 72 geese, 60 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 acres of barley, 56 farm occupants who rent their land, 52 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 44 bushels of beans, 32 other fowl, 13 acres of turnips, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 8 turkeys, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Laurent Catellier | 1839–1918 | born here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC141013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042017— 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. Valier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valier-qc141013-1891/.