Year: 1891
| Province: Quebec
Windsor Mills, Village, Quebec (1891 census)
Windsor Mills, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,591. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.575°N, 71.997°W.
Population
In 1891, Windsor Mills, Village had a population of 1,591: 812 male and 779 female residents. Population density was 670.9 people per square mile.
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, Windsor Mills, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 164 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Average size of families | 5.30 |
| FAM NO | 299 |
| Number of families | 299 |
| Number of females | 779 |
| Number of males | 812 |
| Number of married females | 278 |
| Number of married males | 278 |
| Number of married persons | 556 |
| Number of widowed females | 28 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP F | 779 |
| POP M | 812 |
| POP TOT | 1,591 |
| Total population | 1,591 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 473 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 520 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 993 |
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of French Canadians | 1,012 |
| Number of persons who are not French Canadian | 579 |
Buildings & housing (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses | 290 |
| Number of houses built of brick | 5 |
| Number of houses built of wood | 285 |
| Number of houses of 1 room | 4 |
| Number of houses of 1 story | 216 |
| Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms | 17 |
| Number of houses of 2 rooms | 19 |
| Number of houses of 2 stories | 72 |
| Number of houses of 3 rooms | 43 |
| Number of houses of 3 stories | 2 |
| Number of houses of 4 rooms | 65 |
| Number of houses of 5 rooms | 46 |
| Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms | 92 |
| Number of houses of over 15 rooms | 4 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of occupied houses | 290 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (61 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of barley | 3 |
| Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards | 26 |
| Acres of farmland in pasture | 462 |
| Acres of farmland in woodland or forest | 1,442 |
| Acres of farmland under crops | 826 |
| Acres of hay crops | 485 |
| Acres of improved land in farms | 1,314 |
| Acres of land in farms | 2,756 |
| Acres of oats | 67 |
| Acres of potatoes | 17 |
| Acres of turnips | 3 |
| Acres of wheat | 4 |
| BAR AC | 3 |
| BAR BU | 80 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of beans produced in the past year | 46 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 339 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,275 |
| Bushels of peas produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 2,621 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 110 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 300 |
| BWT BU | 339 |
| Capacity of silos (tons) | 10 |
| CRN BU | 8 |
| HAY AC | 485 |
| HAY TONS | 602 |
| Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year | 70 |
| Number of chickens | 1,133 |
| Number of ducks | 16 |
| Number of farm occupants who own their land | 139 |
| Number of farm occupants who rent their land | 10 |
| Number of geese | 2 |
| Number of horses aged 3 years and under | 13 |
| Number of horses aged over 3 years | 128 |
| Number of milk cows | 146 |
| Number of occupants of farms | 149 |
| Number of other cattle | 14 |
| Number of other fowl | 87 |
| Number of oxen | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres | 4 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres | 16 |
| Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres | 9 |
| Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres | 120 |
| Number of sheep | 31 |
| Number of sheep slaughtered or sold | 17 |
| Number of swine | 53 |
| Number of swine slaughtered or sold | 85 |
| Number of turkeys | 4 |
| OAT AC | 67 |
| OAT BU | 2,275 |
| PEA BU | 26 |
| POT AC | 17 |
| POT BU | 2,621 |
| Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year | 40 |
| Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year | 112 |
| Pounds of homemade butter | 2,412 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 602 |
| WHT AC | 4 |
| WHT SP BU | 110 |
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| A 101 200 | 4 |
| A 11 50 | 16 |
| A 51 100 | 9 |
| BEN BU | 46 |
| BUTTER LB | 2,412 |
| CATTLE KS | 70 |
| CHEESE LB | 40 |
| CHILD AND UNMD FEM | 473 |
| CHILD AND UNMD MALE | 520 |
| CHILD AND UNMD TOT | 993 |
| COARSE WOOL LB | 112 |
| COLTS FILLIES | 13 |
| DUCKS | 16 |
| FAMILIES | 299 |
| FAMILIES AV SIZE | 5.30 |
| FRN CA | 1,012 |
| GEESE | 2 |
| HENS AND CHKN | 1,133 |
| HORSES OVR THREE | 128 |
| HOUSES | 290 |
| HOUSES B | 5 |
| HOUSES CON | 2 |
| HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM | 17 |
| HOUSES FIVE RM | 46 |
| HOUSES FOUR RM | 65 |
| HOUSES ONE RM | 4 |
| HOUSES ONE STRY | 216 |
| HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM | 92 |
| HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM | 4 |
| HOUSES THREE RM | 43 |
| HOUSES THREE STRY | 2 |
| HOUSES TWO RM | 19 |
| HOUSES TWO STRY | 72 |
| HOUSES UNINH | 4 |
| HOUSES W | 285 |
| INF 11 A | 120 |
| MD FEM | 278 |
| MD MALE | 278 |
| MD TOT | 556 |
| MILK COWS | 146 |
| NAME CD | Richmond and Wolfe |
| OC F | 10 |
| OC P | 139 |
| OC TOT | 149 |
| OTHER FOWL | 87 |
| OTHER HRN CATTLE | 14 |
| OTHERS | 579 |
| SHEEP | 31 |
| SHEEP KS | 17 |
| SILOS | 10 |
| SUP AM | 1,314 |
| SUP FOR | 1,442 |
| SUP JV | 26 |
| SUP PAT | 462 |
| SUP SC | 826 |
| SUP TOT | 2,756 |
| SWINE | 53 |
| SWINE KS | 85 |
| TOT DWLG OCC | 290 |
| TUR AC | 3 |
| TUR BU | 300 |
| TURKEY | 4 |
| WID FEM | 28 |
| WID MALE | 14 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
| WORKING OX | 4 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC182021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC083012 — 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). "Windsor Mills, Village, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/windsor-mills-village-qc182021-1891/.