Ste. Famille, Quebec (1891 census)

Ste. Famille was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 786. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464255. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.949°W.

Population

In 1891, Ste. Famille had a population of 786: 394 male and 392 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. Famille shared boundaries with:

• St. François
• St. Jean
• St. Laurent
• St. Pierre

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 786 total population, 394 males, 392 females, 227 married persons, 129 families, 115 married males, 112 married females, 39 widowed persons, 20 widowed males, 19 widowed females, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 520 single persons under 18, 261 single females under 18, 259 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 783 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 129 houses, 129 occupied houses, 103 houses of 1 story, 72 houses built of wood, 57 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 52 houses built of stone, 30 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 2 stories, 19 houses of 4 rooms, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 5 houses built of brick, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of 2 rooms, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 37,650 pounds of homemade butter, 25,132 bushels of potatoes, 23,896 bushels of oats, 13,310 acres of land in farms, 8,843 acres of improved land in farms, 4,836 acres of farmland under crops, 4,467 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,043 chickens, 3,936 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,736 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,651 bushels of turnips, 2,443 tons of hay, 2,072 acres of oats, 2,007 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,853 bushels of spring wheat, 1,073 bushels of peas, 1,067 bushels of rye, 1,055 sheep, 891 acres of hay crops, 839 swine, 733 other cattle, 566 swine slaughtered or sold, 551 bushels of buckwheat, 449 milk cows, 363 sheep slaughtered or sold, 268 other fowl, 264 oxen, 244 bushels of barley, 215 cattle killed or sold, 211 acres of potatoes, 186 acres of wheat, 172 ducks, 136 bushels of corn, 127 horses aged over 3 years, 126 occupants of farms, 117 bushels of beans, 113 farm occupants who own their land, 71 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 59 horses aged 3 years and under, 53 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 43 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 41 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 22 geese, 19 acres of barley, 18 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 turkeys, 16 acres of turnips, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 5 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 3 employees on farms. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC172005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC075005 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464255
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

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. Famille, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-famille-qc172005-1891/.