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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

New Richmond W-O, Quebec (1891 census)

New Richmond W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,264. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.243°N, 65.840°W.

Population

In 1891, New Richmond W-O had a population of 1,264: 604 male and 660 female residents. Population density was 20.0 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, New Richmond W-O shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families6.60
FAM NO195
Number of families195
Number of females660
Number of males604
Number of married females183
Number of married males185
Number of married persons368
Number of widowed females26
Number of widowed males15
Number of widowed persons41
POP F660
POP M604
POP TOT1,264
Total population1,264
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18451
Number of single males under 18404
Number of single persons under 18855
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians158
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,106
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses194
Number of houses built of wood194
Number of houses of 1 room2
Number of houses of 1 story111
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms7
Number of houses of 2 rooms10
Number of houses of 2 stories83
Number of houses of 3 rooms32
Number of houses of 4 rooms41
Number of houses of 5 rooms26
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms73
Number of houses of over 15 rooms3
Number of houses under construction12
Number of occupied houses194
Number of uninhabited houses9
Agriculture (63 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley71
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards62
Acres of farmland in pasture1,476
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest10,334
Acres of farmland under crops4,202
Acres of hay crops1,362
Acres of improved land in farms5,740
Acres of land in farms16,074
Acres of oats1,132
Acres of potatoes200
Acres of turnips12
Acres of wheat157
BAR AC71
BAR BU1,213
Bushels of barley produced in the past year1,213
Bushels of beans produced in the past year32
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year3,694
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year21
Bushels of corn produced in the past year7
Bushels of oats produced in the past year25,872
Bushels of peas produced in the past year172
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year37,332
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year2,306
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year1,985
BWT BU3,694
Capacity of silos (tons)3
CRN BU7
HAY AC1,362
HAY TONS1,845
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year171
Number of chickens3,331
Number of ducks22
Number of employees on farms6
Number of farm occupants who own their land197
Number of farm occupants who rent their land11
Number of geese96
Number of horses aged 3 years and under70
Number of horses aged over 3 years267
Number of milk cows513
Number of occupants of farms214
Number of other cattle400
Number of other fowl6
Number of oxen4
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres32
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres82
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres72
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres6
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres22
Number of sheep1,284
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold457
Number of swine386
Number of swine slaughtered or sold433
OAT AC1,132
OAT BU25,872
PEA BU172
POT AC200
POT BU37,332
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year365
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year3,331
Pounds of homemade butter18,895
Tons of hay produced in the past year1,845
WHT AC157
WHT SP BU2,306
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20032
A 11 5082
A 201 PL6
A 51 10072
BEN BU32
BUTTER LB18,895
CATTLE KS171
CHILD AND UNMD FEM451
CHILD AND UNMD MALE404
CHILD AND UNMD TOT855
COARSE WOOL LB365
COLTS FILLIES70
DUCKS22
FAMILIES195
FAMILIES AV SIZE6.60
FINE WOOL LB3,331
FRN CA158
GEESE96
GRA BU21
HENS AND CHKN3,331
HORSES OVR THREE267
HOUSES194
HOUSES CON12
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM7
HOUSES FIVE RM26
HOUSES FOUR RM41
HOUSES ONE RM2
HOUSES ONE STRY111
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM73
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM3
HOUSES THREE RM32
HOUSES TWO RM10
HOUSES TWO STRY83
HOUSES UNINH9
HOUSES W194
INF 11 A22
MD FEM183
MD MALE185
MD TOT368
MILK COWS513
NAME CDBonaventure
OC E6
OC F11
OC P197
OC TOT214
OTHER FOWL6
OTHER HRN CATTLE400
OTHERS1,106
SHEEP1,284
SHEEP KS457
SILOS3
SUP AM5,740
SUP FOR10,334
SUP JV62
SUP PAT1,476
SUP SC4,202
SUP TOT16,074
SWINE386
SWINE KS433
TOT DWLG OCC194
TUR AC12
TUR BU1,985
WID FEM26
WID MALE15
WID TOT41
WORKING OX4

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). "New Richmond W-O, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/new-richmond-w-o-qc143012-1891/.