Nouvelle & Shoolbred W-O, Quebec (1891 census)
Nouvelle & Shoolbred W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 791. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.134°N, 66.497°W.
Population
In 1891, Nouvelle & Shoolbred W-O had a population of 791: 418 male and 373 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Nouvelle & Shoolbred, 1901 (28.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Nouvelle & Shoolbred W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 791 total population, 418 males, 373 females, 215 married persons, 116 families, 108 married males, 107 married females, 31 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 9 widowed males, 6.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 545 single persons under 18, 301 single males under 18, 244 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 447 persons who are not French Canadian, 344 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 114 occupied houses, 112 houses, 112 houses built of wood, 60 houses of 1 story, 52 houses of 2 stories, 41 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 23 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 10 houses of 3 rooms, 9 houses of 2 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 19,752 pounds of homemade butter, 18,882 bushels of potatoes, 18,835 acres of land in farms, 14,067 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 13,456 bushels of oats, 4,768 acres of improved land in farms, 3,631 acres of farmland under crops, 3,510 bushels of buckwheat, 2,587 chickens, 2,181 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,013 bushels of turnips, 1,537 bushels of barley, 1,491 tons of hay, 1,433 acres of hay crops, 1,111 acres of farmland in pasture, 793 acres of oats, 684 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 669 sheep, 372 sheep slaughtered or sold, 364 other cattle, 336 milk cows, 331 bushels of spring wheat, 299 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 233 swine, 215 swine slaughtered or sold, 211 bushels of peas, 197 acres of potatoes, 192 cattle killed or sold, 145 occupants of farms, 143 farm occupants who own their land, 142 horses aged over 3 years, 113 acres of barley, 113 geese, 52 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 49 horses aged 3 years and under, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 acres of wheat, 35 ducks, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 24 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 22 acres of turnips, 17 oxen, 12 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 10 bushels of rye, 10 other fowl, 10 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 bushels of beans, 7 turkeys, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC143014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC143014— 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). "Nouvelle & Shoolbred W-O, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/nouvelle-shoolbred-w-o-qc143014-1891/.