Barnston, Quebec (1891 census)

Barnston was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,694. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28770225. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.082°N, 71.905°W.

Population

In 1891, Barnston had a population of 2,694: 1,442 male and 1,252 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, Barnston shared boundaries with:

• Barford
• Coaticook, T-V
• Compton
• Dixville, Village
• Hatley
• Stanstead

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,694 total population, 1,442 males, 1,252 females, 1,035 married persons, 560 families, 518 married males, 517 married females, 134 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 57 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,525 single persons under 18, 867 single males under 18, 658 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,956 persons who are not French Canadian, 738 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 549 houses, 549 occupied houses, 548 houses built of wood, 507 houses of 1 story, 319 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 64 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 54 houses of 5 rooms, 51 houses of 4 rooms, 42 houses of 2 stories, 32 houses of 3 rooms, 21 houses of 2 rooms, 19 uninhabited houses, 6 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 1 room, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 153,250 pounds of homemade butter, 64,999 bushels of potatoes, 54,800 acres of land in farms, 53,919 bushels of oats, 34,023 acres of improved land in farms, 25,488 bushels of turnips, 20,777 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 18,807 bushels of barley, 17,478 acres of farmland under crops, 16,250 acres of farmland in pasture, 13,345 tons of hay, 12,932 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 12,003 acres of hay crops, 8,762 bushels of buckwheat, 8,111 bushels of spring wheat, 6,410 chickens, 2,892 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,736 sheep, 2,631 milk cows, 2,078 other cattle, 1,779 bushels of corn, 1,703 sheep slaughtered or sold, 1,469 acres of oats, 1,275 swine slaughtered or sold, 1,172 swine, 1,130 cattle killed or sold, 1,014 horses aged over 3 years, 626 bushels of peas, 602 horses aged 3 years and under, 549 acres of barley, 544 occupants of farms, 526 bushels of beans, 477 farm occupants who own their land, 340 acres of potatoes, 335 acres of wheat, 295 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 235 geese, 153 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 146 ducks, 136 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 119 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 111 oxen, Capacity of silos (tons): 100, 100 turkeys, 84 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 66 farm occupants who rent their land, 54 acres of turnips, 52 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 44 other fowl, 32 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC191002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC090002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28770225

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). "Barnston, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/barnston-qc191002-1891/.