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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

Winslow & St. Romain, Quebec (1891 census)

Winslow & St. Romain was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,499. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.728°N, 71.149°W.

Population

In 1891, Winslow & St. Romain had a population of 1,499: 760 male and 739 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18911,499
19011,510
19111,400
1921776

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Winslow & St. Romain shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.70
FAM NO265
Number of families265
Number of females739
Number of males760
Number of married females242
Number of married males239
Number of married persons481
Number of widowed females32
Number of widowed males16
Number of widowed persons48
POP F739
POP M760
POP TOT1,499
Total population1,499
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18465
Number of single males under 18505
Number of single persons under 18970
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians995
Number of persons who are not French Canadian504
Buildings & housing (16 variables)
VariableValue
Number of dwellings that are vessels and shanties1
Number of houses250
Number of houses built of wood250
Number of houses of 1 room18
Number of houses of 1 story234
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms7
Number of houses of 2 rooms24
Number of houses of 2 stories15
Number of houses of 3 rooms45
Number of houses of 3 stories1
Number of houses of 4 rooms63
Number of houses of 5 rooms38
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms54
Number of houses of over 15 rooms1
Number of occupied houses251
Number of uninhabited houses31
Agriculture (64 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley254
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards54
Acres of farmland in pasture4,611
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest18,452
Acres of farmland under crops7,106
Acres of hay crops4,322
Acres of improved land in farms11,771
Acres of land in farms30,223
Acres of oats1,136
Acres of potatoes132
Acres of turnips2
Acres of wheat108
BAR AC254
BAR BU3,791
Bushels of barley produced in the past year3,791
Bushels of beans produced in the past year4
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year6,174
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year14
Bushels of oats produced in the past year15,647
Bushels of peas produced in the past year185
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year16,607
Bushels of rye produced in the past year38
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year1,137
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year213
BWT BU6,174
Capacity of silos (tons)1
HAY AC4,322
HAY TONS3,252
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year435
Number of chickens2,508
Number of ducks42
Number of farm occupants who own their land256
Number of farm occupants who rent their land6
Number of geese26
Number of horses aged 3 years and under89
Number of horses aged over 3 years301
Number of milk cows764
Number of occupants of farms262
Number of other cattle799
Number of other fowl17
Number of oxen198
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres79
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres42
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres92
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres23
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres26
Number of sheep1,525
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold974
Number of swine268
Number of swine slaughtered or sold242
Number of turkeys17
OAT AC1,136
OAT BU15,647
PEA BU185
POT AC132
POT BU16,607
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year80
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year5,670
Pounds of fine wool produced on farms in the past year180
Pounds of homemade butter48,122
RYE BU38
Tons of hay produced in the past year3,252
WHT AC108
WHT SP BU1,137
Other recorded variables (68 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20079
A 11 5042
A 201 PL23
A 51 10092
BEN BU4
BUTTER LB48,122
CATTLE KS435
CHEESE LB80
CHILD AND UNMD FEM465
CHILD AND UNMD MALE505
CHILD AND UNMD TOT970
COARSE WOOL LB5,670
COLTS FILLIES89
DUCKS42
FAMILIES265
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.70
FINE WOOL LB180
FRN CA995
GEESE26
GRA BU14
HENS AND CHKN2,508
HORSES OVR THREE301
HOUSES250
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM7
HOUSES FIVE RM38
HOUSES FOUR RM63
HOUSES ONE RM18
HOUSES ONE STRY234
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM54
HOUSES SIXTN OVR RM1
HOUSES THREE RM45
HOUSES THREE STRY1
HOUSES TWO RM24
HOUSES TWO STRY15
HOUSES UNINH31
HOUSES W250
INF 11 A26
MD FEM242
MD MALE239
MD TOT481
MILK COWS764
NAME CDCompton
OC F6
OC P256
OC TOT262
OTHER FOWL17
OTHER HRN CATTLE799
OTHERS504
SHEEP1,525
SHEEP KS974
SILOS1
SUP AM11,771
SUP FOR18,452
SUP JV54
SUP PAT4,611
SUP SC7,106
SUP TOT30,223
SWINE268
SWINE KS242
TOT DWLG OCC251
TUR AC2
TUR BU213
TURKEY17
VESS AND SHAN1
WID FEM32
WID MALE16
WID TOT48
WORKING OX198

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). "Winslow & St. Romain, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/winslow-st-romain-qc150018-1891/.