Ste. Ursule, Quebec (1891 census)

Ste. Ursule was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,490. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913132. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.329°N, 73.082°W.

Population

In 1891, Ste. Ursule had a population of 2,490: 1,271 male and 1,219 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. Ursule shared boundaries with:

• Hunterstown
• Rivière du Loup
• St. Alexis des Monts
• St. Didace
• St. Justin
• St. Léon
• St. Paulin

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 2,490 total population, 1,271 males, 1,219 females, 789 married persons, 396 married females, 393 married males, 384 families, 70 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 32 widowed males, 6.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,631 single persons under 18, 846 single males under 18, 785 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 2,479 French Canadians, 11 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 343 houses, 343 occupied houses, 340 houses built of wood, 266 houses of 1 story, 93 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 77 houses of 2 stories, 64 houses of 4 rooms, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 44 houses of 2 rooms, 31 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 1 room, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 4 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses built of brick, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 64,570 pounds of homemade butter, 37,422 bushels of oats, 33,168 acres of land in farms, 23,636 bushels of potatoes, 22,170 acres of improved land in farms, 12,174 acres of farmland under crops, 10,998 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 9,931 acres of farmland in pasture, 8,291 bushels of peas, 8,003 bushels of buckwheat, 5,218 chickens, 5,124 bushels of turnips, 4,803 tons of hay, 4,293 acres of oats, 4,100 acres of hay crops, 3,927 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 3,478 bushels of spring wheat, 2,607 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,569 sheep, 1,931 bushels of corn, 1,579 other fowl, 1,310 swine, 1,279 milk cows, 1,065 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,049 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 908 other cattle, 856 swine slaughtered or sold, 823 bushels of barley, 628 acres of wheat, 555 horses aged over 3 years, 384 cattle killed or sold, 336 occupants of farms, 314 farm occupants who own their land, 299 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 273 acres of potatoes, 127 horses aged 3 years and under, 114 bushels of beans, 102 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 101 bushels of rye, 82 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 72 acres of barley, 65 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 61 geese, 60 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 53 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 42 acres of turnips, 39 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 36 oxen, 33 ducks, 22 farm occupants who rent their land, 9 turkeys. (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.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC167011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC069013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913132

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. Ursule, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ursule-qc167011-1891/.