Ste. Marguerite, Quebec (1891 census)

Ste. Marguerite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 725. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.047°N, 74.059°W.

Population

In 1891, Ste. Marguerite had a population of 725: 380 male and 345 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).

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. Marguerite, 1881 (60.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

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

• St. Emile (Wexford)
• St. Hypolite
• Ste. Adèle
• Ste. Lucie

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 725 total population, 380 males, 345 females, 240 married persons, 129 families, 120 married females, 120 married males, 17 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 5.60 average size of families, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 468 single persons under 18, 255 single males under 18, 213 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 722 French Canadians, 3 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 125 occupied houses, 124 houses, 124 houses built of wood, 112 houses of 1 story, 39 houses of 3 rooms, 29 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 21 houses of 1 room, 12 houses of 2 stories, 6 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 38,590 pounds of homemade butter, 16,901 acres of land in farms, 10,837 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,384 bushels of potatoes, 6,064 acres of improved land in farms, 5,856 bushels of oats, 4,144 acres of farmland under crops, 2,647 bushels of buckwheat, 2,234 acres of hay crops, 2,019 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,892 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,361 tons of hay, 1,060 chickens, 716 acres of oats, 608 sheep, 596 bushels of barley, 458 milk cows, 434 bushels of turnips, 234 swine slaughtered or sold, 215 sheep slaughtered or sold, 201 other cattle, 179 swine, 164 bushels of peas, 157 horses aged over 3 years, 116 occupants of farms, 113 farm occupants who own their land, 86 acres of potatoes, 86 bushels of spring wheat, 77 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 60 cattle killed or sold, 56 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 52 acres of barley, 28 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 27 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 25 oxen, 21 bushels of corn, 19 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 horses aged 3 years and under, 12 acres of wheat, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of beans, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 6 geese, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 turkeys, 5 other fowl, 3 ducks, 3 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC193013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC096013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142500
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson

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. Marguerite, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marguerite-qc193013-1891/.