St. Prosper (Watford W-O), Quebec (1891 census)

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

St. Prosper (Watford W-O) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 674. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.217°N, 70.496°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Prosper (Watford W-O) had a population of 674: 369 male and 305 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 Watford, Metgermette, 1881 (34.5% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained St. Prosper, (mission), 1901 (80.7% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, St. Prosper (Watford W-O) 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 674 total population, 369 males, 305 females, 213 married persons, 125 families, 107 married males, 106 married females, 10 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 451 single persons under 18, 255 single males under 18, 196 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 669 French Canadians, 5 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 120 houses, 120 houses built of wood, 120 occupied houses, 109 houses of 1 story, 36 houses of 2 rooms, 30 houses of 1 room, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 20 houses of 4 rooms, 18 houses under construction, 11 houses of 2 stories, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 5 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 3 uninhabited houses, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 18,059 acres of land in farms, 15,485 pounds of homemade butter, 14,525 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,937 bushels of potatoes, 4,714 bushels of oats, 3,534 acres of improved land in farms, 2,067 acres of farmland under crops, 1,459 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,453 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,298 acres of hay crops, 1,181 bushels of barley, 951 chickens, 868 tons of hay, 706 bushels of turnips, 645 sheep, 483 bushels of peas, 341 bushels of spring wheat, 337 acres of oats, 299 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 249 bushels of buckwheat, 246 sheep slaughtered or sold, 206 milk cows, 151 other cattle, 143 occupants of farms, 135 farm occupants who own their land, 116 bushels of rye, 92 horses aged over 3 years, 92 swine slaughtered or sold, 79 acres of barley, 75 oxen, 71 swine, 68 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 47 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 acres of wheat, 30 cattle killed or sold, 19 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 16 turkeys, 14 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 acres of turnips, 5 employees on farms, 5 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC152013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC152013 — 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. Prosper (Watford W-O), Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-prosper-watford-w-o-qc152013-1891/.