Wickham W-O, Quebec (1891 census)

Wickham W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.753°N, 72.482°W.

Population

In 1891, Wickham W-O had a population of 1,111: 567 male and 544 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Wickham W-O shared boundaries with:

• Durham S
• L'Avenir
• St. Germain de Grantham
• St. Théodore
• Wickham

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 1,111 total population, 567 males, 544 females, 387 married persons, 196 married females, 193 families, 191 married males, 30 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 13 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 694 single persons under 18, 363 single males under 18, 331 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,009 French Canadians, 102 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 181 houses, 181 houses built of wood, 181 occupied houses, 150 houses of 1 story, 54 houses of 3 rooms, 53 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 37 houses of 2 rooms, 31 houses of 2 stories, 28 uninhabited houses, 25 houses of 4 rooms, 8 houses of 5 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 16,180 pounds of homemade butter, 13,401 acres of land in farms, 10,021 bushels of oats, 9,981 bushels of potatoes, 8,897 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,504 acres of improved land in farms, 3,750 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,816 acres of farmland under crops, 1,714 chickens, 1,621 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,611 acres of hay crops, 1,407 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,214 bushels of buckwheat, 1,204 tons of hay, 1,185 bushels of corn, 910 bushels of spring wheat, 734 acres of oats, 724 bushels of peas, 649 sheep, 422 milk cows, 366 swine, 238 swine slaughtered or sold, 236 bushels of turnips, 236 other cattle, 207 sheep slaughtered or sold, 203 horses aged over 3 years, 191 bushels of barley, 185 cattle killed or sold, 171 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 142 occupants of farms, 138 farm occupants who own their land, 99 acres of potatoes, 97 acres of wheat, 67 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 51 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 48 bushels of rye, 46 oxen, 43 horses aged 3 years and under, 43 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 27 bushels of beans, 26 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 15 acres of barley, 14 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 turkeys, 4 farm occupants who rent their land, 4 other fowl, 3 acres of turnips, 3 geese, 2 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC153035 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC158033 — 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). "Wickham W-O, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wickham-w-o-qc153035-1891/.