Wabasse and Wright, Quebec (1861 census)

Name: Wabasse and Wright (1861)
Address: Quebec, CA

Wabasse and Wright was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 508. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.176°N, 75.893°W.

Population

In 1861, Wabasse and Wright had a population of 508: 844 male and 591 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 NO DATA, 1851 (0.4% share).

Later boundary forms

In a later year, this CSD contained Wright, 1871 (50.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Wabasse and Wright shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 116 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 844 males, Male members of the family who are present: 686, 597 single males, 591 females, Female members of the family who are present: 567, 508 total population, 418 single females, 240 married males, 210 adult males unable to read or write, 171 adult females unable to read or write, 165 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 158, 117 females attending school, 116 males attending school, 33 female births, 30 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 24, 8 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 148 males aged 5 to 10, 120 single males aged 10 to 15, 102 single males aged 20 to 30, 94 females aged 5 to 10, 92 single males aged 15 to 20, 80 married males aged 30 to 40, 77 single females aged 10 to 15, 74 single females aged 15 to 20, 63 married males aged 20 to 30, 53 married females aged 30 to 40, 43 married males aged 40 to 50, 39 married females aged 20 to 30, 39 married females aged 40 to 50, 33 females aged 4 to 5, 28 females aged 1 to 2, 28 females aged 2 to 3, 28 males aged 4 to 5, 28 married males aged 50 to 60, 26 males aged 2 to 3, 22 females age 3 to 4, 22 males aged 1 to 2, 21 married females aged 50 to 60, 18 males aged 3 to 4, 16 single females aged 40 to 50, 13 married males aged 15 to 20, 11 married males aged 60 to 70, 11 single females aged 20 to 30, 6 married females aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 15 to 20, 5 single males aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 married females aged 70 to 80, 2 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 30 to 40, 1 males of unknown age, 1 single females aged 30 to 40, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed females aged 20 to 30. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 420 French Canadians, 45 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 39 persons originating in Ireland, 4 negroes or coloured persons, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in Scotland. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $19,213 value farms (dollars), 12,571 bushels of oats, $11,969 value all livestock, 8,383 acres of land in farms, 7,441 bushels of potatoes, 6,863 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $5,955 value horses aged over 3 years, 1,520 acres of farmland under cultivation, 1,477 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1,409 acres of farmland under crops, 1,175 bushels of turnips, $1,171 value farm implements in dollars, 1,108 bushels of peas, 600 pounds of homemade butter, 548 acres of oats, 278 tons of hay, 265 bushels of barley, 252 bushels of spring wheat, 110 acres of farmland in pasture, 102 acres of potatoes, 91 swine, 90 horses aged over 3 years, 89 milk cows, 82 pounds of wool produced on farms, 75 acres of peas, 72 calves and heifers, 69 occupants of farms, 59 sheep, 49 bushels of buckwheat, 49 bushels of corn, 47 bulls, oxen, or steers, 28 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 26 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 14 acres of barley, 13 acres of spring wheat, 11 barrels of pork, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 10 acres of turnips, 7 bushels of beans, 6 acres of buckwheat, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 acres of corn, 1 acres of farmland in gardens, 1 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Deaths & mortality (1861). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 5. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: QC039037 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC039037 — 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 1861 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). "Wabasse and Wright, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wabasse-and-wright-qc039037-1861/.