Ste. Marie de Blandford, Quebec (1891 census)
Ste. Marie de Blandford was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 270. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464353. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.315°N, 72.140°W.
Population
In 1891, Ste. Marie de Blandford had a population of 270: 152 male and 118 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 270 |
| 1901 | 476 |
| 1911 | 781 |
| 1921 | 1,095 |
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 Gentilly, Ste. Marie de Blandford, 1881 (41.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Ste. Marie de Blandford shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 74 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 270 total population, 152 males, 118 females, 98 married persons, 60 families, 49 married females, 49 married males, 4.50 average size of families, 3 widowed males, 3 widowed persons. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 169 single persons under 18, 100 single males under 18, 69 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 270 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 57 houses, 57 houses built of wood, 57 occupied houses, 36 houses of 2 stories, 21 houses of 1 story, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 10 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,156 acres of land in farms, 4,794 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,656 bushels of oats, 2,375 pounds of homemade butter, 2,362 acres of improved land in farms, 1,642 bushels of potatoes, 1,511 acres of farmland under crops, 848 acres of farmland in pasture, 494 chickens, 400 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 329 acres of oats, 323 acres of hay crops, 308 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 268 tons of hay, 225 bushels of buckwheat, 123 bushels of spring wheat, 112 milk cows, 105 bushels of barley, 96 bushels of peas, 94 swine, 92 sheep, 88 bushels of turnips, 64 swine slaughtered or sold, 62 occupants of farms, 61 other cattle, 58 farm occupants who own their land, 51 horses aged over 3 years, 50 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 45 sheep slaughtered or sold, 33 oxen, 31 cattle killed or sold, 26 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 20 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 19 acres of wheat, 16 acres of potatoes, 16 bushels of corn, 12 acres of barley, 12 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 geese, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of beans, 3 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 3 other fowl, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 acres of turnips, 1 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Adolphe Rho | 1839–1905 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC175013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC078014— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464353
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford
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. Marie de Blandford, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marie-de-blandford-qc175013-1891/.