Spaulding & Risborough, Quebec (1891 census)

Name: Spaulding & Risborough (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

Spaulding & Risborough was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 188. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.698°N, 70.618°W.

Population

In 1891, Spaulding & Risborough had a population of 188: 110 male and 78 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 contained St. Ludger, Gayhurst & Risborough, 1901 (63.5% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Spaulding & Risborough shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 188 total population, 110 males, 78 females, 72 married persons, 43 families, 36 married females, 36 married males, 4.40 average size of families, 3 widowed persons, 2 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 113 single persons under 18, 73 single males under 18, 40 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 179 French Canadians, 9 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 40 houses, 40 houses built of wood, 40 houses of 1 story, 40 occupied houses, 29 houses of 1 room, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses under construction, 3 houses of 4 rooms, 2 houses of 3 rooms, 1 houses of 5 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 7,455 acres of land in farms, 6,572 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,265 pounds of homemade butter, 1,445 bushels of potatoes, 883 acres of improved land in farms, 829 bushels of buckwheat, 723 bushels of oats, 602 acres of farmland under crops, 312 acres of hay crops, 305 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 276 acres of farmland in pasture, 201 tons of hay, 185 chickens, 150 bushels of barley, 131 bushels of turnips, 102 sheep, 97 bushels of rye, 65 acres of oats, 57 milk cows, 45 farm occupants who own their land, 45 occupants of farms, 43 swine slaughtered or sold, 33 oxen, 32 other cattle, 32 swine, 28 bushels of peas, 28 horses aged over 3 years, 22 acres of barley, 22 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 17 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of spring wheat, 6 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 6 sheep slaughtered or sold, 5 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 5 cattle killed or sold, 4 horses aged 3 years and under, 3 acres of wheat, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC139026 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC139026 — 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). "Spaulding & Risborough, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/spaulding-risborough-qc139026-1891/.