St. Paschal & Woodbridge, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Paschal & Woodbridge was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,109. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.474°N, 69.717°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Paschal & Woodbridge had a population of 3,109: 1,586 male and 1,523 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. Paschal, Woodbridge & Painchaud, 1881 (43.9% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Bruno & Woodbridge, 1901 (74.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Pascal, 1901 (23.2% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Paschal & Woodbridge shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 3,109 total population, 1,586 males, 1,523 females, 987 married persons, 495 married females, 492 married males, 468 families, 103 widowed persons, 66 widowed females, 37 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,019 single persons under 18, 1,057 single males under 18, 962 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,109 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 421 houses, 421 occupied houses, 419 houses built of wood, 379 houses of 1 story, 147 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 71 houses of 3 rooms, 69 houses of 2 rooms, 68 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 5 rooms, 43 uninhabited houses, 39 houses of 2 stories, 17 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 3 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses under construction, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of brick, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 93,141 pounds of homemade butter, 63,223 bushels of potatoes, 45,775 acres of land in farms, 26,078 acres of improved land in farms, 20,683 bushels of oats, 19,697 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,035 acres of farmland in pasture, 10,944 acres of farmland under crops, 8,691 bushels of spring wheat, 6,732 bushels of rye, 4,993 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,967 acres of hay crops, 3,943 tons of hay, 3,736 chickens, 2,700 sheep, 2,597 bushels of peas, 2,353 bushels of barley, 2,269 acres of oats, 2,187 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,611 acres of wheat, 1,434 milk cows, 1,360 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,124 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,046 swine, 661 other cattle, 655 bushels of turnips, 555 horses aged over 3 years, 478 acres of potatoes, 406 occupants of farms, 389 farm occupants who own their land, 308 cattle killed or sold, 225 acres of barley, 221 bushels of buckwheat, 160 horses aged 3 years and under, 151 bushels of corn, 121 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 112 oxen, 103 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 99 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 79 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 73 geese, 72 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 62 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 44 bushels of beans, 31 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 21 ducks, 18 turkeys, 17 farm occupants who rent their land, 7 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 2, 1 other fowl. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC160013— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC160013— 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. Paschal & Woodbridge, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paschal-woodbridge-qc160013-1891/.