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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

N.-Dame des Neiges W-O, Quebec (1891 census)

N.-Dame des Neiges W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 933. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.497°N, 73.615°W.

Population

In 1891, N.-Dame des Neiges W-O had a population of 933: 483 male and 450 female residents. Population density was 508.4 people per square mile.

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, N.-Dame des Neiges W-O shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 152 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.80
FAM NO160
Number of families160
Number of females450
Number of males483
Number of married females153
Number of married males160
Number of married persons313
Number of widowed females17
Number of widowed males8
Number of widowed persons25
POP F450
POP M483
POP TOT933
Total population933
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18280
Number of single males under 18315
Number of single persons under 18595
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians699
Number of persons who are not French Canadian234
Buildings & housing (18 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses159
Number of houses built of brick19
Number of houses built of stone26
Number of houses built of wood114
Number of houses of 1 story57
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms17
Number of houses of 2 rooms9
Number of houses of 2 stories94
Number of houses of 3 rooms20
Number of houses of 3 stories7
Number of houses of 4 rooms43
Number of houses of 5 rooms18
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms48
Number of houses of more than 3 stories1
Number of houses of over 15 rooms4
Number of houses under construction3
Number of occupied houses159
Number of uninhabited houses2
Agriculture (52 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley7
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards300
Acres of farmland in pasture276
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest167
Acres of farmland under crops297
Acres of hay crops232
Acres of improved land in farms873
Acres of land in farms1,040
Acres of oats25
Acres of potatoes96
Acres of turnips83
BAR AC7
BAR BU250
Bushels of barley produced in the past year250
Bushels of beans produced in the past year220
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year95
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year5
Bushels of corn produced in the past year43
Bushels of oats produced in the past year560
Bushels of peas produced in the past year62
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year13,975
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year19,793
BWT BU95
CRN BU43
HAY AC232
HAY TONS311
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year35
Number of chickens818
Number of ducks27
Number of employees on farms7
Number of farm occupants who own their land66
Number of farm occupants who rent their land19
Number of geese7
Number of horses aged 3 years and under1
Number of horses aged over 3 years135
Number of milk cows74
Number of occupants of farms92
Number of other cattle3
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres2
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres17
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres3
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres70
Number of swine16
Number of swine slaughtered or sold13
Number of turkeys3
OAT AC25
OAT BU560
PEA BU62
POT AC96
POT BU13,975
Pounds of homemade butter2,071
Tons of hay produced in the past year311
Other recorded variables (62 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 2002
A 11 5017
A 51 1003
BEN BU220
BUTTER LB2,071
CATTLE KS35
CHILD AND UNMD FEM280
CHILD AND UNMD MALE315
CHILD AND UNMD TOT595
COLTS FILLIES1
DUCKS27
FAMILIES160
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.80
FRN CA699
GEESE7
GRA BU5
HENS AND CHKN818
HORSES OVR THREE135
HOUSES159
HOUSES B19
HOUSES CON3
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM17
HOUSES FIVE RM18
HOUSES FOUR RM43
HOUSES ONE STRY57
HOUSES OVR FOUR STRY1
HOUSES S26
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM48
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM4
HOUSES THREE RM20
HOUSES THREE STRY7
HOUSES TWO RM9
HOUSES TWO STRY94
HOUSES UNINH2
HOUSES W114
INF 11 A70
MD FEM153
MD MALE160
MD TOT313
MILK COWS74
NAME CDHochelaga
OC E7
OC F19
OC P66
OC TOT92
OTHER HRN CATTLE3
OTHERS234
SUP AM873
SUP FOR167
SUP JV300
SUP PAT276
SUP SC297
SUP TOT1,040
SWINE16
SWINE KS13
TOT DWLG OCC159
TUR AC83
TUR BU19,793
TURKEY3
WID FEM17
WID MALE8
WID TOT25

Identifiers

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). "N.-Dame des Neiges W-O, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/n-dame-des-neiges-w-o-qc155012-1891/.