St. Vital de Lambton, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Vital de Lambton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,780. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912868. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.887°N, 71.126°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Vital de Lambton had a population of 1,780: 931 male and 849 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,780 |
| 1901 | 2,075 |
| 1911 | 1,933 |
| 1921 | 1,421 |
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. Vital de Lambton shared boundaries with:
- Adstock
- Garthby & d’Israëli
- St. Sébastien d'Aylmer
- St. Évariste de Forsyth
- Stratford
- Thetford Mines, Black Lake Mines & Coleraine
- Winslow & St. Romain
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,780 total population, 931 males, 849 females, 586 married persons, 315 families, 294 married males, 292 married females, 50 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 22 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,144 single persons under 18, 615 single males under 18, 529 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,771 French Canadians, 9 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 295 occupied houses, 291 houses, 290 houses built of wood, 274 houses of 1 story, 85 houses of 3 rooms, 70 houses of 4 rooms, 57 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 44 uninhabited houses, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 25 houses of 2 rooms, 15 houses of 1 room, 15 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses under construction, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 2 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 82,040 pounds of homemade butter, 30,874 acres of land in farms, 19,968 bushels of oats, 16,191 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 16,164 bushels of potatoes, 14,683 acres of improved land in farms, 7,399 acres of farmland in pasture, 7,152 acres of farmland under crops, 5,377 bushels of buckwheat, 4,921 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,470 acres of hay crops, 3,181 tons of hay, 2,480 sheep slaughtered or sold, 2,358 bushels of spring wheat, 2,350 chickens, 1,770 sheep, 1,709 acres of oats, 1,165 bushels of barley, 864 milk cows, 707 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 585 swine slaughtered or sold, 572 other cattle, 569 cattle killed or sold, 557 bushels of peas, 426 bushels of turnips, 420 swine, 343 horses aged over 3 years, 294 acres of wheat, 293 occupants of farms, 290 farm occupants who own their land, 233 oxen, 147 acres of potatoes, 132 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 117 horses aged 3 years and under, 116 bushels of rye, 103 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 102 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 101 acres of barley, 49 other fowl, 36 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 bushels of beans, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 geese, 4 acres of turnips, 4 bushels of corn, 2 employees on farms, 1 farm occupants who rent their land. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Ramsay Devlin | 1858–1914 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC139025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC055016_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912868
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. Vital de Lambton, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-vital-de-lambton-qc139025-1891/.