Vaudreuil, Quebec (1891 census)
Vaudreuil was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,563. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q137738888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.411°N, 74.093°W.
Population
In 1891, Vaudreuil had a population of 1,563: 819 male and 744 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 Vaudreuil, 1881 (94.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Dorion, T-V, 1901 (1.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Vaudreuil, 1901 (81.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Vaudreuil shared boundaries with:
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 1,563 total population, 819 males, 744 females, 477 married persons, 266 families, 239 married males, 238 married females, 46 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 16 widowed males, 5.90 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,040 single persons under 18, 564 single males under 18, 476 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,388 French Canadians, 175 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 257 houses, 257 occupied houses, 234 houses built of wood, 146 houses of 1 story, 111 houses of 2 stories, 85 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 47 houses of 4 rooms, 46 houses of 3 rooms, 38 houses of 5 rooms, 23 houses of 2 rooms, 17 uninhabited houses, 15 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 13 houses built of brick, 10 houses built of stone, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses of over 15 rooms, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 40,705 pounds of homemade butter, 34,138 bushels of oats, 22,753 acres of land in farms, 20,413 bushels of potatoes, 18,322 acres of improved land in farms, 14,033 acres of farmland under crops, 10,264 bushels of peas, 8,643 bushels of barley, 6,418 chickens, 4,431 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,349 acres of oats, 4,080 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,892 acres of hay crops, 3,256 tons of hay, 3,196 bushels of buckwheat, 2,899 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2,513 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,334 bushels of spring wheat, 1,003 milk cows, 892 acres of barley, 809 bushels of corn, 794 other cattle, 750 swine, 747 swine slaughtered or sold, 725 sheep, 645 acres of wheat, 593 horses aged over 3 years, 459 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 438 sheep slaughtered or sold, 322 bushels of rye, 300 cattle killed or sold, 268 turkeys, 246 acres of potatoes, 246 occupants of farms, 233 horses aged 3 years and under, 209 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 198 farm occupants who own their land, 103 geese, 100 ducks, 74 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 69 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 59 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 45 other fowl, 44 farm occupants who rent their land, 30 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 29 bushels of beans, 14 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 4 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC195010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC195010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q137738888
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). "Vaudreuil, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/vaudreuil-qc195010-1891/.