St. Bernard de Lacolle, Quebec (1891 census)

St. Bernard de Lacolle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,528. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461880. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.062°N, 73.434°W.

Population

In 1891, St. Bernard de Lacolle had a population of 2,528: 1,251 male and 1,277 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, St. Bernard de Lacolle shared boundaries with:

• Hemmingford
• St. Cyprien
• St. Patrice de Sherrington
• St. Valentin

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,528 total population, 1,277 females, 1,251 males, 850 married persons, 490 families, 426 married males, 424 married females, 104 widowed persons, 75 widowed females, 29 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,574 single persons under 18, 796 single males under 18, 778 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,583 French Canadians, 945 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 474 houses, 474 occupied houses, 448 houses of 1 story, 387 houses built of wood, 209 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 72 houses of 4 rooms, 65 houses of 5 rooms, 58 houses of 3 rooms, 45 houses built of brick, 42 houses built of stone, 30 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 30 uninhabited houses, 27 houses of 2 rooms, 25 houses of 2 stories, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 6 houses of 1 room, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 62,200 pounds of homemade butter, 47,555 bushels of oats, 35,953 acres of land in farms, 31,124 acres of improved land in farms, 21,074 acres of farmland under crops, 17,846 bushels of potatoes, 14,103 bushels of buckwheat, 10,089 acres of hay crops, 9,615 chickens, 9,456 acres of farmland in pasture, 9,319 tons of hay, 8,433 bushels of corn, 6,441 bushels of barley, 6,288 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,829 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,623 acres of oats, 2,579 bushels of turnips, 2,321 bushels of peas, 2,242 bushels of spring wheat, 1,397 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,374 other cattle, 1,368 milk cows, 1,260 sheep, 1,055 horses aged over 3 years, 596 swine, 594 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 516 acres of barley, 515 horses aged 3 years and under, 497 swine slaughtered or sold, 494 cattle killed or sold, 493 sheep slaughtered or sold, 434 occupants of farms, 403 turkeys, 359 farm occupants who own their land, 346 geese, 317 acres of wheat, 310 bushels of beans, 253 acres of potatoes, 217 ducks, 160 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 132 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 115 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 106 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 74 farm occupants who rent their land, 50 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 31 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 10 other fowl, 9 acres of turnips, 8 oxen, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC186001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC092002_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461880
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle

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). "St. Bernard de Lacolle, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bernard-de-lacolle-qc186001-1891/.