Chester, West—Ouest (St. Paul), Quebec (1891 census)
Chester, West—Ouest (St. Paul) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,874. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.967°N, 71.782°W.
Population
In 1891, Chester, West—Ouest (St. Paul) had a population of 1,874: 967 male and 907 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,874 |
| 1901 | 2,074 |
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, Chester, West—Ouest (St. Paul) shared boundaries with:
- Chester, East—Est (Ste. Hélène)
- Chester, North—Nord
- Chénier
- Ham N
- St. Christophe d’Arthabaska
- St. Fortunat de Wolfestown
- St. Rémi de Tingwick
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 79 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,874 total population, 967 males, 907 females, 618 married persons, 310 married females, 308 married males, 305 families, 33 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 6.10 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,223 single persons under 18, 644 single males under 18, 579 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,872 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 284 houses, 284 occupied houses, 283 houses built of wood, 283 houses of 1 story, 86 houses of 3 rooms, 63 houses of 1 room, 52 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 21 houses of 5 rooms, 15 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 14 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 24,040 acres of land in farms, 23,219 pounds of homemade butter, 22,123 bushels of oats, 15,975 bushels of potatoes, 14,967 acres of improved land in farms, 9,224 acres of farmland under crops, 9,073 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 7,411 bushels of buckwheat, 6,536 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 6,019 acres of hay crops, 5,682 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,484 tons of hay, 2,859 chickens, 2,135 bushels of spring wheat, 1,852 sheep, 1,331 acres of oats, 1,254 milk cows, 1,120 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,093 other cattle, 965 bushels of barley, 431 swine slaughtered or sold, 423 swine, 374 bushels of turnips, 336 horses aged over 3 years, 320 cattle killed or sold, 292 occupants of farms, 289 farm occupants who own their land, 240 acres of wheat, 225 oxen, 172 bushels of corn, 172 bushels of peas, 143 acres of potatoes, 142 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 87 horses aged 3 years and under, 63 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 61 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 60 acres of barley, 54 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 52 geese, 35 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 27 bushels of beans, 26 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 14 turkeys, 8 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 acres of turnips, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC153025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC153021_1891— 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). "Chester, West—Ouest (St. Paul), Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chester-west-ouest-st-paul-qc153025-1891/.