St. Fortunat de Wolfeston, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Fortunat de Wolfeston was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.964°N, 71.604°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Fortunat de Wolfeston had a population of 1,024: 525 male and 499 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).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Fortunat de Wolfeston shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 77 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,024 total population, 525 males, 499 females, 335 married persons, 177 families, 168 married males, 167 married females, 23 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 10 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 666 single persons under 18, 347 single males under 18, 319 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 993 French Canadians, 31 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 161 occupied houses, 160 houses, 160 houses built of wood, 155 houses of 1 story, 52 houses of 1 room, 48 houses of 2 rooms, 40 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 4 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 5 houses of 2 stories, 4 houses of 5 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 32,030 pounds of homemade butter, 13,773 acres of land in farms, 8,810 bushels of potatoes, 6,930 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,843 acres of improved land in farms, 6,624 bushels of oats, 5,385 bushels of buckwheat, 4,322 acres of farmland under crops, 3,652 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,344 acres of hay crops, 2,473 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,789 tons of hay, 1,216 sheep, 1,024 chickens, 810 sheep slaughtered or sold, 629 bushels of barley, 577 bushels of turnips, 555 acres of oats, 511 milk cows, 401 other cattle, 372 cattle killed or sold, 281 swine slaughtered or sold, 181 swine, 160 occupants of farms, 155 farm occupants who own their land, 141 oxen, 127 horses aged over 3 years, 126 bushels of spring wheat, 110 acres of potatoes, 67 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 63 acres of barley, 54 horses aged 3 years and under, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 46 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 43 bushels of peas, 36 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 geese, 19 acres of wheat, 9 acres of turnips, 8 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 other fowl, 3 bushels of beans, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 bushels of corn, 1 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC182016— 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 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. Fortunat de Wolfeston, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fortunat-de-wolfeston-qc182016-1891/.