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

Name: St. Gabriel W-O (1891)
Address: Quebec, CA

St. Gabriel W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 600. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.061°N, 71.618°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Gabriel W-O had a population of 600: 313 male and 287 female residents. Population density was 4.1 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Year	Population
1871	960
1881	777
1891	600
1901	478
1911	449
1921	308

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. Gabriel W-O shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 134 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)

Variable	Value
Average size of families	5.90
FAM NO	101
Number of families	101
Number of females	287
Number of males	313
Number of married females	85
Number of married males	86
Number of married persons	171
Number of widowed females	12
Number of widowed males	8
Number of widowed persons	20
POP F	287
POP M	313
POP TOT	600
Total population	600

Age structure (3 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of single females under 18	190
Number of single males under 18	219
Number of single persons under 18	409

Ethnic origin (2 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of French Canadians	41
Number of persons who are not French Canadian	559

Buildings & housing (10 variables)

Variable	Value
Number of houses	100
Number of houses built of wood	100
Number of houses of 1 story	100
Number of houses of 2 rooms	18
Number of houses of 3 rooms	42
Number of houses of 4 rooms	28
Number of houses of 5 rooms	6
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms	6
Number of occupied houses	100
Number of uninhabited houses	13

Agriculture (46 variables)

Variable	Value
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards	3
Acres of farmland in pasture	2,100
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest	13,315
Acres of farmland under crops	4,969
Acres of hay crops	1,885
Acres of improved land in farms	7,072
Acres of land in farms	20,387
Acres of oats	1,512
Acres of potatoes	256
Acres of turnips	6
Bushels of oats produced in the past year	24,978
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year	24,245
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year	488
HAY AC	1,885
HAY TONS	1,404
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year	164
Number of chickens	1,354
Number of ducks	15
Number of farm occupants who own their land	99
Number of farm occupants who rent their land	1
Number of geese	36
Number of horses aged 3 years and under	57
Number of horses aged over 3 years	239
Number of milk cows	605
Number of occupants of farms	100
Number of other cattle	309
Number of other fowl	17
Number of oxen	2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres	39
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres	2
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres	19
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres	38
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres	2
Number of sheep	427
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold	269
Number of swine	295
Number of swine slaughtered or sold	362
Number of turkeys	219
OAT AC	1,512
OAT BU	24,978
POT AC	256
POT BU	24,245
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year	1,004
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year	813
Pounds of homemade butter	40,134
Tons of hay produced in the past year	1,404

Other recorded variables (58 variables)

Variable	Value
A 101 200	39
A 11 50	2
A 201 PL	38
A 51 100	19
BUTTER LB	40,134
CATTLE KS	164
CHILD AND UNMD FEM	190
CHILD AND UNMD MALE	219
CHILD AND UNMD TOT	409
COARSE WOOL LB	1,004
COLTS FILLIES	57
DUCKS	15
FAMILIES	101
FAMILIES AV SIZE	5.90
FINE WOOL LB	813
FRN CA	41
GEESE	36
HENS AND CHKN	1,354
HORSES OVR THREE	239
HOUSES	100
HOUSES FIVE RM	6
HOUSES FOUR RM	28
HOUSES ONE STRY	100
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM	6
HOUSES THREE RM	42
HOUSES TWO RM	18
HOUSES UNINH	13
HOUSES W	100
INF 11 A	2
MD FEM	85
MD MALE	86
MD TOT	171
MILK COWS	605
NAME CD	Quebec, County—Comté
OC F	1
OC P	99
OC TOT	100
OTHER FOWL	17
OTHER HRN CATTLE	309
OTHERS	559
SHEEP	427
SHEEP KS	269
SUP AM	7,072
SUP FOR	13,315
SUP JV	3
SUP PAT	2,100
SUP SC	4,969
SUP TOT	20,387
SWINE	295
SWINE KS	362
TOT DWLG OCC	100
TUR AC	6
TUR BU	488
TURKEY	219
WID FEM	12
WID MALE	8
WID TOT	20
WORKING OX	2

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC180012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC081012 — 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. Gabriel W-O, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-w-o-qc180012-1891/.