St. Armand W-O, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Armand W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 999. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.045°N, 73.007°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Armand W-O had a population of 999: 520 male and 479 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Armand W-O shared boundaries with:

• Bedford, T-V
• St. Armand E.
• St. George de Clarenceville
• Stanbridge
• Stanbridge Station

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 999 total population, 520 males, 479 females, 379 married persons, 222 families, 190 married males, 189 married females, 64 widowed persons, 38 widowed females, 26 widowed males, 4.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 556 single persons under 18, 304 single males under 18, 252 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 722 persons who are not French Canadian, 277 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 217 houses, 217 occupied houses, 194 houses built of wood, 161 houses of 2 stories, 102 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 55 houses of 1 story, 50 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 29 houses of 5 rooms, 28 uninhabited houses, 19 houses built of brick, 12 houses of 4 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 4 houses built of stone, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 125,906 pounds of homemade butter, 18,743 acres of land in farms, 15,974 bushels of oats, 14,050 acres of improved land in farms, 12,443 bushels of potatoes, 8,633 bushels of corn, 8,261 acres of farmland under crops, 5,654 tons of hay, 5,568 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,705 acres of hay crops, 4,693 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,857 bushels of buckwheat, 3,578 chickens, 3,529 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,386 bushels of barley, 1,401 bushels of spring wheat, 1,340 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,322 milk cows, 938 bushels of turnips, 839 acres of oats, 816 sheep, 706 bushels of peas, 673 other cattle, 436 sheep slaughtered or sold, 425 horses aged over 3 years, 400 swine, 344 swine slaughtered or sold, 321 bushels of beans, 261 cattle killed or sold, 223 occupants of farms, 221 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 210 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 166 acres of barley, 156 farm occupants who own their land, 132 acres of potatoes, 126 horses aged 3 years and under, Capacity of silos (tons): 120, 119 acres of wheat, 114 turkeys, 95 geese, 71 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 67 farm occupants who rent their land, 59 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 ducks, 41 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 30 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 24 other fowl, 22 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 bushels of rye, 14 oxen, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC169012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC072006 — 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). "St. Armand W-O, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-armand-w-o-qc169012-1891/.