Ste. Agnès, Quebec (1891 census)

Ste. Agnès was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,790. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.679°N, 70.364°W.

Population

In 1891, Ste. Agnès had a population of 1,790: 897 male and 893 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Ste. Agnès shared boundaries with:

• Malbaie
• NO DATA
• St. Hilarion
• St. Irénée
• St. Urbain

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 1,790 total population, 897 males, 893 females, 581 married persons, 291 married females, 290 married males, 269 families, 60 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 6.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,149 single persons under 18, 586 single males under 18, 563 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,789 French Canadians, 1 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 261 houses, 261 houses built of wood, 261 occupied houses, 257 houses of 1 story, 59 houses of 1 room, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 47 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 36 houses of 4 rooms, 27 uninhabited houses, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 6 houses under construction, 4 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 42,030 acres of land in farms, 29,673 pounds of homemade butter, 24,648 bushels of potatoes, 21,216 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 20,814 acres of improved land in farms, 14,739 bushels of oats, 11,282 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,969 bushels of rye, 9,508 acres of farmland under crops, 7,023 bushels of spring wheat, 4,869 bushels of buckwheat, 4,343 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,143 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,107 bushels of peas, 2,869 acres of hay crops, 2,223 tons of hay, 2,092 chickens, 2,052 sheep, 1,389 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,383 acres of oats, 1,170 bushels of barley, 1,019 acres of wheat, 791 other cattle, 638 milk cows, 573 swine slaughtered or sold, 496 bushels of turnips, 409 swine, 371 horses aged over 3 years, 309 cattle killed or sold, 285 geese, 261 occupants of farms, 254 farm occupants who own their land, 207 acres of potatoes, 207 oxen, 119 horses aged 3 years and under, 115 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 102 turkeys, 89 acres of barley, 70 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 45 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 24 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 24 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 acres of turnips, 11 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 bushels of beans, 2 ducks, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC147007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC152006_1911 — 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). "Ste. Agnès, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-agn-s-qc147007-1891/.