Westbury, Quebec (1881 census)
Westbury was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 510. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244704. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.480°N, 71.656°W.
Population
In 1881, Westbury had a population of 510: 267 male and 243 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 115 |
| 1861 | 297 |
| 1871 | 363 |
| 1881 | 510 |
| 1891 | 973 |
| 1901 | 1,976 |
| 1911 | 2,708 |
| 1921 | 662 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Westbury shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 510 total population, 267 males, 243 females, 173 married persons, 90 families, 87 married females, 86 married males, 14 widowed persons, 9 widowed males, 5 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 323 single persons under 18, 172 single males under 18, 151 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 87 occupied houses, 86 inhabited houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,550 bushels of potatoes, 6,516 bushels of oats, 1,977 bushels of turnips, 1,515 tons of hay, 1,506 acres of hay crops, 1,487 bushels of buckwheat, 876 bushels of spring wheat, 846 bushels of barley, 482 bushels of peas and beans, 245 bushels of other root crops, 216 bushels of corn, 79 acres of wheat, 78 acres of potatoes, 34 bushels of rye, 30 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 15 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 34 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy Hibbard Dunn | 1816–1898 | born here |
| Léon Provancher | 1820–1892 | born here |
| Louis-Léon Lesieur-Désaulniers | 1823–1896 | born here |
| Mary Electa Adams | 1823–1898 | born here |
| Télesphore Fournier | 1823–1896 | born here |
| Louis-Zéphirin Moreau | 1824–1901 | born here |
| J. R. (John Rudolphus) Booth | 1827–1925 | born here |
| Édouard Caron | 1830–1900 | born here |
| Ernest Gagnon | 1834–1915 | born here |
| Edwige Buisson | 1837–1902 | born here |
| Adolphe Rho | 1839–1905 | born here |
| Benjamin Sulte | 1841–1923 | born here |
| Napoléon Legendre | 1841–1907 | born here |
| Robert Atkinson Davis | 1841–1903 | born here |
| Frederick Smith Stimson | 1842–1912 | born here |
| Gustave Gagnon | 1842–1930 | born here |
| Clementina Trenholme | 1843–1918 | born here |
| Pierre-Léon Ayotte | 1845–1907 | born here |
| Urbain Lafontaine | 1845–1913 | born here |
| Augustin Desrosiers | 1847–1927 | born here |
| François-Xavier Cloutier | 1848–1934 | born here |
| Elliott Torrance Galt | 1850–1928 | born here |
| Elson Irving Rexford | 1851–1936 | born here |
| Ernest Marceau | 1852–1919 | born here |
| Francis McCrea | 1852–1926 | born here |
| Henry Thomas Duffy | 1852–1903 | born here |
| Eugène Lefebvre | 1854–1914 | born here |
| Jacques Bureau | 1860–1933 | born here |
| Wyatt Galt Johnston | 1862–1902 | born here |
| Gonzalve Desaulniers | 1863–1934 | born here |
| Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis | 1870–1937 | born here |
| Constant Doyon | 1875–1927 | born here |
| Oscar Dufresne | 1875–1936 | born here |
| Robert Pollock Glasgow | 1875–1922 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 510 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC054018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC051016_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63244704
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "Westbury, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/westbury-qc054018-1881/.