St. Wenseslas, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Wenseslas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,909. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.167°N, 72.311°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Wenseslas had a population of 1,909: 943 male and 966 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 729 |
| 1881 | 1,297 |
| 1891 | 1,909 |
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. Wenseslas 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 1,909 total population, 966 females, 943 males, 640 married persons, 357 families, 320 married females, 320 married males, 36 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 15 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,233 single persons under 18, 625 single females under 18, 608 single males under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,907 French Canadians, 2 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 328 occupied houses, 324 houses, 324 houses built of wood, 315 houses of 1 story, 162 houses of 4 rooms, 64 houses of 3 rooms, 52 houses of 5 rooms, 36 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 10 houses of 2 rooms, 9 houses of 2 stories, 8 uninhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 27,505 bushels of oats, 24,356 acres of land in farms, 16,638 pounds of homemade butter, 16,190 bushels of potatoes, 15,493 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 8,863 acres of improved land in farms, 6,474 acres of farmland under crops, 3,498 bushels of buckwheat, 2,881 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,575 chickens, 2,522 acres of hay crops, 2,363 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,349 acres of oats, 2,055 bushels of spring wheat, 1,869 tons of hay, 1,318 bushels of peas, 675 sheep, 600 milk cows, 468 bushels of corn, 465 sheep slaughtered or sold, 407 other cattle, 328 bushels of barley, 323 swine, 307 occupants of farms, 300 farm occupants who own their land, 289 horses aged over 3 years, 251 bushels of turnips, 244 acres of wheat, 238 swine slaughtered or sold, 194 cattle killed or sold, 162 acres of potatoes, 161 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 142 oxen, 68 horses aged 3 years and under, 67 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 56 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 44 bushels of beans, 33 acres of barley, 26 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 13 geese, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 other fowl, 7 ducks, 7 employees on farms, 5 acres of turnips, 2 turkeys. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC175020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175020— 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. Wenseslas, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-wenseslas-qc175020-1891/.