Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Ste. Cécile du Bic, Quebec (1891 census)
Ste. Cécile du Bic was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,990. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.361°N, 68.714°W.
Population
In 1891, Ste. Cécile du Bic had a population of 1,990: 1,016 male and 974 female residents. Population density was 62.8 people per square mile.
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. Cécile du Bic shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 148 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 6.20 |
| FAM NO | 322 |
| Number of families | 322 |
| Number of females | 974 |
| Number of males | 1,016 |
| Number of married females | 301 |
| Number of married males | 303 |
| Number of married persons | 604 |
| Number of widowed females | 25 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 41 |
| POP F | 974 |
| POP M | 1,016 |
| POP TOT | 1,990 |
| Total population | 1,990 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 648 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 697 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,345 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,986 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 4 |
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 264 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 264 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 170 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 7 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 59 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 85 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 75 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 9 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 43 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 75 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 264 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (54 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 122 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 26 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 4,695 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 7,139 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 10,146 |
| Acres of hay crops | 2,361 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 14,867 |
| Acres of land in farms | 22,006 |
| Acres of oats | 1,323 |
| Acres of potatoes | 248 |
| Acres of wheat | 674 |
| BAR AC | 122 |
| BAR BU | 1,188 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,188 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 12,561 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 1,607 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 40,698 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 289 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,730 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 130 |
| HAY AC | 2,361 |
| HAY TONS | 1,958 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 442 |
| Number of chickens | 1,896 |
| Number of ducks | 11 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 224 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 4 |
| Number of geese | 35 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 80 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 316 |
| Number of milk cows | 946 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 228 |
| Number of other cattle | 395 |
| Number of oxen | 30 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 70 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 73 |
| Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres | 22 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 47 |
| Number of sheep | 1,529 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 1,377 |
| Number of swine | 556 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 664 |
| OAT AC | 1,323 |
| OAT BU | 12,561 |
| PEA BU | 1,607 |
| POT AC | 248 |
| POT BU | 40,698 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 4,934 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 57,646 |
| RYE BU | 289 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,958 |
| WHT AC | 674 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,730 |
Other recorded variables (59 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 70 |
| A 11 50 | 16 |
| A 201 PL | 22 |
| A 51 100 | 73 |
| BUTTER LB | 57,646 |
| CATTLE KS | 442 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 648 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 697 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 1,345 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 4,934 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 80 |
| DUCKS | 11 |
| FAMILIES | 322 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 6.20 |
| FRN CA | 1,986 |
| GEESE | 35 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,896 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 316 |
| HOUSES | 264 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 7 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 43 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 170 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 75 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 1 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 75 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 9 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 59 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 85 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 39 |
| HOUSES W | 264 |
| INF 11 A | 47 |
| MD FEM | 301 |
| MD MALE | 303 |
| MD TOT | 604 |
| MILK COWS | 946 |
| NAME CD | Rimouski |
| OC F | 4 |
| OC P | 224 |
| OC TOT | 228 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 395 |
| OTHERS | 4 |
| SHEEP | 1,529 |
| SHEEP KS | 1,377 |
| SUP AM | 14,867 |
| SUP FOR | 7,139 |
| SUP JV | 26 |
| SUP PAT | 4,695 |
| SUP SC | 10,146 |
| SUP TOT | 22,006 |
| SWINE | 556 |
| SWINE KS | 664 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 264 |
| TUR BU | 130 |
| WID FEM | 25 |
| WID MALE | 16 |
| WID TOT | 41 |
| WORKING OX | 30 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC183016 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084006 — 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. Cécile du Bic, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-c-cile-du-bic-qc183016-1891/.