St. George de Windsor, Quebec (1891 census)
St. George de Windsor was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,609. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.678°N, 71.871°W.
Population
In 1891, St. George de Windsor had a population of 1,609: 858 male and 751 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,094 |
| 1881 | 1,443 |
| 1891 | 1,609 |
| 1901 | 1,622 |
| 1911 | 1,549 |
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. George de Windsor shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,609 total population, 858 males, 751 females, 506 married persons, 258 families, 254 married males, 252 married females, 36 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 6.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,067 single persons under 18, 591 single males under 18, 476 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,578 French Canadians, 31 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 248 occupied houses, 234 houses, 234 houses built of wood, 234 houses of 1 story, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 57 houses of 1 room, 47 houses of 2 rooms, 33 houses of 4 rooms, 22 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 14 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 8 houses under construction, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 40,985 pounds of homemade butter, 20,195 acres of land in farms, 19,818 bushels of potatoes, 18,274 bushels of oats, 11,366 acres of improved land in farms, 8,829 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,985 acres of farmland under crops, 6,196 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,724 bushels of buckwheat, 4,352 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,867 acres of hay crops, 3,584 bushels of turnips, 3,406 tons of hay, 2,418 chickens, 2,236 bushels of spring wheat, 2,046 bushels of barley, 1,555 sheep, 1,313 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,276 acres of oats, 780 other cattle, 700 milk cows, 367 swine slaughtered or sold, 276 horses aged over 3 years, 239 bushels of peas, 237 occupants of farms, 236 acres of wheat, 234 swine, 229 cattle killed or sold, 227 farm occupants who own their land, 174 acres of barley, 161 acres of potatoes, 142 oxen, 133 horses aged 3 years and under, 121 bushels of beans, 108 bushels of corn, 94 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 78 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 61 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 38 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 31 geese, 29 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 17 acres of turnips, 16 ducks, 15 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 11 turkeys, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 5 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC182017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC192014— 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. George de Windsor, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-george-de-windsor-qc182017-1891/.