Bedford, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)

Bedford, T-V was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,571. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141987. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.113°N, 72.982°W.

Population

In 1891, Bedford, T-V had a population of 1,571: 785 male and 786 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).

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 Stanbridge, 1881 (14.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Bedford, T-V shared boundaries with:

• N.-D. de Stanbridge, Village
• St. Armand W-O
• St. Ignace
• Stanbridge
• Stanbridge Station

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 1,571 total population, 786 females, 785 males, 570 married persons, 324 families, 285 married females, 285 married males, 71 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 24 widowed males, 4.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 930 single persons under 18, 476 single males under 18, 454 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 877 persons who are not French Canadian, 694 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 324 houses, 324 occupied houses, 284 houses of 2 stories, 245 houses built of wood, 186 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 76 houses built of brick, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 37 houses of 5 rooms, 35 houses of 1 story, 28 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 17 houses of 2 rooms, 11 houses of 3 rooms, 8 uninhabited houses, 7 houses of over 15 rooms, 5 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses built of stone, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 45,785 pounds of homemade butter, 10,349 bushels of oats, 10,255 bushels of potatoes, 8,910 acres of land in farms, 7,489 acres of improved land in farms, 4,521 acres of farmland under crops, 3,671 bushels of corn, 2,846 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,835 bushels of turnips, 2,746 tons of hay, 2,668 acres of hay crops, 2,438 chickens, 1,529 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,421 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 1,275 bushels of barley, 1,180 bushels of buckwheat, 644 milk cows, 554 acres of oats, 517 bushels of peas, 468 bushels of spring wheat, 338 swine slaughtered or sold, 313 horses aged over 3 years, 292 sheep, 260 swine, 256 other cattle, 223 occupants of farms, 194 bushels of beans, 192 sheep slaughtered or sold, 190 farm occupants who own their land, 133 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 122 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 119 cattle killed or sold, 102 bushels of rye, 101 horses aged 3 years and under, 88 acres of potatoes, 71 acres of barley, 52 ducks, 45 geese, 36 acres of wheat, 33 farm occupants who rent their land, 32 turkeys, 31 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 27 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 23 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 11 oxen, 10 acres of turnips, Capacity of silos (tons): 10, 9 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 2 other fowl. (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: QC169001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC072013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141987
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford,_Quebec_(city)
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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). "Bedford, T-V, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bedford-t-v-qc169001-1891/.