Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Ste. Angèle de Merrici (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Ste. Angèle de Merrici was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,231. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.515°N, 68.071°W.

Population

In 1891, Ste. Angèle de Merrici had a population of 1,231: 640 male and 591 female residents. Population density was 25.8 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	715
1881	1,199
1891	1,231
1901	1,361

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. Angèle de Merrici shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 153 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	6.40
FAM NO	193
Number of families	193
Number of females	591
Number of males	640
Number of married females	177
Number of married males	178
Number of married persons	355
Number of widowed females	10
Number of widowed males	14
Number of widowed persons	24
POP F	591
POP M	640
POP TOT	1,231
Total population	1,231

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	404
Number of single males under 18	448
Number of single persons under 18	852

Ethnic origin (1 variable)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	1,231

Buildings & housing (14 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	169
Number of houses built of brick	2
Number of houses built of wood	167
Number of houses of 1 room	1
Number of houses of 1 story	137
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms	1
Number of houses of 2 rooms	53
Number of houses of 2 stories	32
Number of houses of 4 rooms	81
Number of houses of 5 rooms	2
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	31
Number of houses under construction	5
Number of occupied houses	169
Number of uninhabited houses	12

Agriculture (58 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of barley	166
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	1
Acres of farmland in pasture	4,615
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	14,536
Acres of farmland under crops	5,073
Acres of hay crops	2,453
Acres of improved land in farms	9,689
Acres of land in farms	24,225
Acres of oats	1,451
Acres of potatoes	127
Acres of turnips	2
Acres of wheat	466
BAR AC	166
BAR BU	2,225
Bushels of barley produced in the past year	2,225
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year	24
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	20,332
Bushels of peas produced in the past year	1,564
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	15,483
Bushels of rye produced in the past year	25
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year	5,212
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	175
HAY AC	2,453
HAY TONS	1,992
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	196
Number of chickens	1,383
Number of ducks	23
Number of employees on farms	2
Number of farm occupants who own their land	152
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	7
Number of geese	27
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	54
Number of horses aged over 3 years	274
Number of milk cows	653
Number of occupants of farms	161
Number of other cattle	381
Number of other fowl	26
Number of oxen	5
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	70
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	45
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	36
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	8
Number of sheep	1,175
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	492
Number of swine	475
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	311
OAT AC	1,451
OAT BU	20,332
PEA BU	1,564
POT AC	127
POT BU	15,483
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	3,581
Pounds of homemade butter	51,695
RYE BU	25
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,992
WHT AC	466
WHT SP BU	5,212

Other recorded variables (62 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	70
A 11 50	2
A 201 PL	36
A 51 100	45
BUTTER LB	51,695
CATTLE KS	196
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	404
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	448
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	852
COARSE WOOL LB	3,581
COLTS FILLIES	54
DUCKS	23
FAMILIES	193
FAMILIES AV SIZE	6.40
FRN CA	1,231
GEESE	27
GRA BU	24
HENS AND CHKN	1,383
HORSES OVR THREE	274
HOUSES	169
HOUSES B	2
HOUSES CON	5
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM	1
HOUSES FIVE RM	2
HOUSES FOUR RM	81
HOUSES ONE RM	1
HOUSES ONE STRY	137
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	31
HOUSES TWO RM	53
HOUSES TWO STRY	32
HOUSES UNINH	12
HOUSES W	167
INF 11 A	8
MD FEM	177
MD MALE	178
MD TOT	355
MILK COWS	653
NAME CD	Rimouski
OC E	2
OC F	7
OC P	152
OC TOT	161
OTHER FOWL	26
OTHER HRN CATTLE	381
OTHERS	0
SHEEP	1,175
SHEEP KS	492
SUP AM	9,689
SUP FOR	14,536
SUP JV	1
SUP PAT	4,615
SUP SC	5,073
SUP TOT	24,225
SWINE	475
SWINE KS	311
TOT DWLG OCC	169
TUR AC	2
TUR BU	175
WID FEM	10
WID MALE	14
WID TOT	24
WORKING OX	5

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC183013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC188010 — 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. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ang-le-de-merrici-qc183013-1891/.