Woburn, Ditchfield, Quebec (1881 census)
Woburn, Ditchfield was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 339. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.432°N, 70.835°W.
Population
In 1881, Woburn, Ditchfield had a population of 339: 189 male and 150 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 Spalding, Ditchfield, Woburn, Clinton, 1871 (51.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ditchfield, 1891 (54.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Woburn, Ditchfield shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 339 total population, 189 males, 150 females, 137 married persons, 85 families, 70 married males, 67 married females, 7 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 195 single persons under 18, 115 single males under 18, 80 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 77 inhabited houses, 77 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,586 bushels of potatoes, 2,092 bushels of turnips, 1,224 bushels of buckwheat, 1,221 bushels of oats, 558 bushels of barley, 218 bushels of rye, 207 acres of hay crops, 171 bushels of spring wheat, 137 tons of hay, 82 bushels of other root crops, 72 bushels of peas and beans, 36 acres of potatoes, 35 bushels of winter wheat, 29 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 19 acres of wheat, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 340 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC048020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048020— 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 1881 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). "Woburn, Ditchfield, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/woburn-ditchfield-qc048020-1881/.