Ste. Marthe, Quebec (1891 census)
Ste. Marthe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,610. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464374. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.399°N, 74.300°W.
Population
In 1891, Ste. Marthe had a population of 1,610: 824 male and 786 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,466 |
| 1861 | 2,659 |
| 1871 | 2,115 |
| 1881 | 1,971 |
| 1891 | 1,610 |
| 1901 | 1,414 |
| 1911 | 1,312 |
| 1921 | 1,190 |
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. Marthe shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,610 total population, 824 males, 786 females, 525 married persons, 275 families, 263 married males, 262 married females, 46 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,039 single persons under 18, 540 single males under 18, 499 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,328 French Canadians, 282 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 263 houses, 263 occupied houses, 206 houses built of wood, 170 houses of 1 story, 93 houses of 2 stories, 76 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 75 houses of 3 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 49 houses built of brick, 36 houses of 5 rooms, 18 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses built of stone, 6 uninhabited houses, 4 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 90,865 pounds of homemade butter, 78,186 bushels of oats, 23,912 acres of land in farms, 20,990 acres of improved land in farms, 17,101 chickens, 15,262 acres of farmland under crops, 14,010 bushels of potatoes, 8,881 bushels of barley, 8,267 bushels of peas, 6,976 bushels of corn, 6,752 acres of oats, 5,487 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,899 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,833 bushels of spring wheat, 3,568 acres of hay crops, 3,412 tons of hay, 2,922 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 2,403 bushels of buckwheat, 1,942 turkeys, 1,723 swine, 1,670 sheep, 1,491 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,059 milk cows, 976 swine slaughtered or sold, 843 other cattle, 767 acres of barley, 752 acres of wheat, 749 sheep slaughtered or sold, 667 horses aged over 3 years, 632 bushels of turnips, 499 bushels of rye, 430 geese, 397 cattle killed or sold, 370 horses aged 3 years and under, 306 bushels of beans, 265 occupants of farms, 241 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 240 farm occupants who own their land, 209 acres of potatoes, 136 ducks, 84 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 75 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 65 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 25 farm occupants who rent their land, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 10 other fowl, 3 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC195008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464374
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marthe,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marthe_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Marthe, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marthe-qc195008-1891/.