Ste. Prudentienne, Quebec (1891 census)
Ste. Prudentienne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,832. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.478°N, 72.638°W.
Population
In 1891, Ste. Prudentienne had a population of 1,832: 947 male and 885 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. Prudentienne, 1881 (91.6% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Prudentienne, VL, 1901 (1.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Ste. Prudentienne shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,832 total population, 947 males, 885 females, 678 married persons, 354 families, 339 married females, 339 married males, 73 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 30 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,081 single persons under 18, 578 single males under 18, 503 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,549 French Canadians, 283 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 342 houses, 342 occupied houses, 335 houses built of wood, 282 houses of 1 story, 84 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 83 houses of 3 rooms, 77 houses of 2 rooms, 60 houses of 2 stories, 42 houses of 4 rooms, 25 uninhabited houses, 24 houses of 1 room, 17 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 6 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 45,860 pounds of homemade butter, 22,816 acres of land in farms, 22,214 bushels of potatoes, 18,034 bushels of oats, 14,667 acres of improved land in farms, 8,497 acres of farmland under crops, 8,149 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,000 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,007 acres of hay crops, 4,162 tons of hay, 3,870 chickens, 2,842 bushels of turnips, 2,513 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,405 bushels of corn, 2,258 bushels of barley, 1,845 bushels of spring wheat, 1,700 milk cows, 1,556 bushels of buckwheat, 1,082 acres of oats, 1,032 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 827 sheep, 789 swine, 711 bushels of peas, 687 other cattle, 654 sheep slaughtered or sold, 493 swine slaughtered or sold, 447 horses aged over 3 years, 347 cattle killed or sold, 318 occupants of farms, 255 farm occupants who own their land, 190 ducks, 186 acres of potatoes, 170 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 169 acres of wheat, 161 bushels of beans, 153 acres of barley, 145 horses aged 3 years and under, 95 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 85 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, Capacity of silos (tons): 75, 68 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 61 farm occupants who rent their land, 60 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 51 oxen, 48 geese, 27 acres of turnips, 25 turkeys, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 bushels of rye, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC188011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC188011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Prudentienne, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-prudentienne-qc188011-1891/.