St. Onésime d'Ixworth, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Onésime d'Ixworth was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 760. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.297°N, 69.922°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Onésime d'Ixworth had a population of 760: 372 male and 388 female residents.
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 St. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais, 1881 (17.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Onésime d'Ixworth 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 760 total population, 388 females, 372 males, 274 married persons, 137 married females, 137 married males, 128 families, 20 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 7 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 466 single persons under 18, 238 single females under 18, 228 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 758 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 111 houses, 111 houses built of wood, 111 occupied houses, 109 houses of 1 story, 36 houses of 4 rooms, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 20 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses of 3 rooms, 9 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 3 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses of 2 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 29,297 pounds of homemade butter, 11,046 acres of land in farms, 5,916 bushels of potatoes, 5,900 acres of improved land in farms, 5,483 bushels of oats, 5,146 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,650 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,234 acres of farmland under crops, 1,851 bushels of spring wheat, 1,537 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,107 acres of hay crops, 944 tons of hay, 933 chickens, 792 sheep, 636 acres of oats, 461 bushels of barley, 389 bushels of rye, 368 bushels of peas, 367 sheep slaughtered or sold, 359 milk cows, 342 swine, 332 acres of wheat, 242 bushels of turnips, 223 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 205 swine slaughtered or sold, 194 other cattle, 138 horses aged over 3 years, 111 bushels of buckwheat, 107 occupants of farms, 106 geese, 100 farm occupants who own their land, 69 acres of potatoes, 51 cattle killed or sold, 46 acres of barley, 39 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 36 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 35 horses aged 3 years and under, 32 bushels of corn, 19 oxen, 18 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 16 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 7 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of turnips, 2 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160011— 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. Onésime d'Ixworth, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-on-sime-d-ixworth-qc160011-1891/.