St. Fortunat de Wolfeston, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Fortunat de Wolfeston was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 842. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.964°N, 71.604°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Fortunat de Wolfeston had a population of 842: 428 male and 414 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 842 |
| 1891 | 1,024 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Wolfestown, 1871 (35.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Fortunat de Wolfeston shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 842 total population, 428 males, 414 females, 262 married persons, 149 families, 131 married females, 131 married males, 14 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 566 single persons under 18, 291 single males under 18, 275 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 127 inhabited houses, 127 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,529 bushels of buckwheat, 7,482 bushels of potatoes, 5,847 bushels of oats, 1,574 acres of hay crops, 1,393 bushels of barley, 1,193 bushels of turnips, 1,168 tons of hay, 623 bushels of spring wheat, 484 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 377 bushels of peas and beans, 210 bushels of rye, 163 bushels of other root crops, 97 acres of potatoes, 65 acres of wheat, 50 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 842 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC053016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC182016— 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 1881 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. Fortunat de Wolfeston, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fortunat-de-wolfeston-qc053016-1881/.