Ste. Hélène, Quebec (1891 census)
Ste. Hélène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,518. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913014. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.576°N, 69.690°W.
Population
In 1891, Ste. Hélène had a population of 1,518: 753 male and 765 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Ste. Hélène, Bungay, Chabot, 1881 (14.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Ste. Hélène shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,518 total population, 765 females, 753 males, 477 married persons, 240 married males, 237 married females, 233 families, 44 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 6.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 997 single persons under 18, 502 single females under 18, 495 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,518 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 193 houses, 193 houses built of wood, 193 occupied houses, 177 houses of 1 story, 88 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 23 uninhabited houses, 17 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 2 stories, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 7 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 85,869 pounds of homemade butter, 29,362 bushels of potatoes, 23,552 acres of land in farms, 14,740 acres of improved land in farms, 13,212 bushels of oats, 8,966 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,812 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,744 acres of farmland under crops, 4,248 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 4,172 bushels of spring wheat, 3,202 acres of hay crops, 2,633 tons of hay, 1,923 chickens, 1,776 bushels of barley, 1,599 bushels of peas, 1,511 bushels of rye, 1,199 sheep, 1,141 acres of oats, 966 sheep slaughtered or sold, 866 milk cows, 726 bushels of turnips, 726 swine slaughtered or sold, 627 acres of wheat, 554 swine, 502 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 438 other cattle, 266 horses aged over 3 years, 257 cattle killed or sold, 206 acres of potatoes, 171 acres of barley, 169 occupants of farms, 164 farm occupants who own their land, 88 horses aged 3 years and under, 82 bushels of buckwheat, 67 oxen, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 41 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 30 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 28 bushels of corn, 21 geese, 20 bushels of beans, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 ducks, 6 acres of turnips, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112913014
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. Hélène, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-h-l-ne-qc160009-1891/.