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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec  |  Wikidata: Q142397

Warwick, Quebec (1891 census)

Warwick was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,505. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142397. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.957°N, 72.004°W.

Population

In 1891, Warwick had a population of 1,505: 784 male and 721 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.

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Warwick shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,505 total population, 784 males, 721 females, 470 married persons, 263 families, 235 married females, 235 married males, 41 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 18 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 994 single persons under 18, 531 single males under 18, 463 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,437 French Canadians, 68 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 235 occupied houses, 234 houses, 230 houses of 1 story, 229 houses built of wood, 71 houses of 3 rooms, 43 houses of 2 rooms, 39 houses of 4 rooms, 35 houses of 5 rooms, 29 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 17 houses of 1 room, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses built of brick, 2 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 3 stories, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 61,627 pounds of homemade butter, 25,494 bushels of oats, 21,137 acres of land in farms, 20,545 bushels of potatoes, 11,398 acres of improved land in farms, 9,739 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,908 acres of farmland under crops, 4,414 acres of farmland in pasture, 4,221 bushels of spring wheat, 3,889 acres of hay crops, 3,395 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,729 tons of hay, 2,718 bushels of buckwheat, 2,391 chickens, 2,007 bushels of peas, 1,789 acres of oats, 1,290 sheep, 850 other cattle, 800 bushels of barley, 758 bushels of turnips, 733 milk cows, 611 sheep slaughtered or sold, 484 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 450 swine, 433 acres of wheat, 374 swine slaughtered or sold, 270 horses aged over 3 years, 251 bushels of corn, 242 occupants of farms, 230 cattle killed or sold, 230 farm occupants who own their land, 179 oxen, 168 bushels of beans, 144 acres of potatoes, 118 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 76 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 65 acres of barley, 57 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 40 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 34 geese, Capacity of silos (tons): 31, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 17 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 12 ducks, 10 farm occupants who rent their land, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 turkeys, 8 acres of turnips, 2 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

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). "Warwick, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/warwick-qc153031-1891/.