Ste. Scholastique, Village, Quebec (1891 census)

Ste. Scholastique, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 838. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913108. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.651°N, 74.092°W.

Population

In 1891, Ste. Scholastique, Village had a population of 838: 398 male and 440 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Ste. Scholastique, Village shared boundaries with:

• Ste. Scholastique

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 838 total population, 440 females, 398 males, 297 married persons, 163 families, 149 married males, 148 married females, 32 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 509 single persons under 18, 267 single females under 18, 242 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 822 French Canadians, 16 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 160 houses, 160 occupied houses, 140 houses built of wood, 120 houses of 1 story, 61 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 2 stories, 26 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 3 rooms, 16 houses of 2 rooms, 16 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses built of brick, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses built of stone, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 12,770 pounds of homemade butter, 5,072 bushels of oats, 4,674 bushels of potatoes, 1,670 acres of land in farms, 1,359 acres of improved land in farms, 942 chickens, 869 acres of farmland under crops, 688 bushels of barley, 433 acres of farmland in pasture, 395 bushels of buckwheat, 338 tons of hay, 320 bushels of spring wheat, 311 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 309 acres of hay crops, 294 bushels of peas, 252 bushels of turnips, 245 acres of oats, 160 occupants of farms, 149 swine slaughtered or sold, 146 milk cows, 145 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 116 farm occupants who own their land, 114 other fowl, 107 horses aged over 3 years, 89 swine, 84 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 67 bushels of corn, 57 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 43 other cattle, 42 farm occupants who rent their land, 40 acres of potatoes, 32 acres of barley, 28 turkeys, 27 horses aged 3 years and under, 23 sheep slaughtered or sold, 22 acres of wheat, 21 cattle killed or sold, 16 bushels of beans, 13 sheep, 7 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 6 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 ducks, 4 geese, 4 oxen, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 employees on farms, 2 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 1 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC151013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC052015 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913108

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. Scholastique, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-scholastique-village-qc151013-1891/.