St. Patrice de Rawdon, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Patrice de Rawdon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,186. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912646. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.059°N, 73.746°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Patrice de Rawdon had a population of 1,186: 592 male and 594 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,431 |
| 1891 | 1,186 |
| 1901 | 1,117 |
| 1911 | 1,557 |
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. Patrice de Rawdon shared boundaries with:
- St. Alphonse de Rodriguez
- St. Ambroise de Kildare
- St. Liguori
- St. Théodore de Chertsey
- Ste. Julienne
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,186 total population, 594 females, 592 males, 343 married persons, 214 families, 172 married males, 171 married females, 55 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 21 widowed males, 5.50 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 788 single persons under 18, 399 single males under 18, 389 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 720 persons who are not French Canadian, 466 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 213 houses, 213 houses built of wood, 213 occupied houses, 206 houses of 1 story, 87 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 43 houses of 4 rooms, 34 houses of 5 rooms, 33 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 14 houses of 2 rooms, 8 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 1 houses of 1 room. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 82,892 pounds of homemade butter, 31,021 acres of land in farms, 27,971 bushels of oats, 19,728 bushels of potatoes, 17,622 acres of improved land in farms, 13,399 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,611 acres of farmland under crops, 5,931 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,894 acres of hay crops, 3,540 bushels of buckwheat, 3,478 tons of hay, 3,443 chickens, 2,715 acres of oats, 2,709 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,258 milk cows, 995 bushels of peas, 872 sheep, 821 bushels of spring wheat, 632 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 565 bushels of barley, 557 other cattle, 468 bushels of turnips, 440 swine, 411 bushels of corn, 366 horses aged over 3 years, 316 sheep slaughtered or sold, 304 swine slaughtered or sold, 213 acres of potatoes, 186 occupants of farms, 183 farm occupants who own their land, 153 cattle killed or sold, 150 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 149 turkeys, 112 horses aged 3 years and under, 86 acres of wheat, 80 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 62 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 57 geese, 52 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 acres of barley, 47 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 46 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 38 other fowl, 28 bushels of beans, 27 ducks, 26 oxen, 25 bushels of rye, 20 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 11 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 acres of turnips, 2 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC170010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC176011_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912646
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. Patrice de Rawdon, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-patrice-de-rawdon-qc170010-1891/.