Bristol, Quebec (1851 census)

Bristol was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,491. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28469403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.564°N, 76.369°W.

Population

In 1851, Bristol had a population of 1,491: 862 male and 629 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 1851

In the 1851 census, Bristol shared boundaries with:

• Clarendon
• NO DATA
• Onslow

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 179 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,491 total population, 862 males, Male members of the family who are present: 713, 629 females, 620 single males, Female members of the family who are present: 580, 403 single females, 229 married males, 215 families, 215 married females, Males present who are not members of the family: 149, Male members of the family who are present: 54, Females present who are not members of the family: 49, 44 male births, 35 males attending school, 33 female births, 31 females attending school, Female members of the family who are absent: 19, 13 widowed males, 11 widowed females, 1 deaf and dumb males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 126 males aged 5 to 10, 114 single males aged 20 to 30, 103 females aged 5 to 10, 87 single males aged 15 to 20, 84 married females aged 20 to 30, 81 married males aged 30 to 40, 80 single males aged 10 to 15, 68 single females aged 10 to 15, 60 married males aged 20 to 30, 58 married females aged 30 to 40, 46 married males aged 40 to 50, 41 males under age 1, 41 single females aged 15 to 20, 36 females aged 4 to 5, 36 married females aged 40 to 50, 35 males aged 1 to 2, 34 single females aged 20 to 30, 32 females under age 1, 30 males aged 2 to 3, 30 males aged 4 to 5, 29 males aged 3 to 4, 26 females age 3 to 4, 25 females aged 1 to 2, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 25 married males aged 50 to 60, 23 married females aged 50 to 60, 20 males of unknown age, 16 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 married males aged 60 to 70, 8 married males aged 70 to 80, 7 married females aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 4 married females aged 70 to 80, 4 single females aged 30 to 40, 3 females of unknown age, 3 married females aged 15 to 20, 3 single females aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 3 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 3 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 80 to 90. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 824 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 324 persons originating in Ireland, 192 persons originating in Scotland, 111 French Canadians, 18 persons originating in England or Wales, 17 persons originating in the United States, 2 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in the West Indies, 1 persons whose origin is unknown. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 31,414 pounds of homemade butter, 22,219 acres of land in farms, 20,241 bushels of potatoes, 17,470 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 14,600 bushels of oats, 7,349 bushels of wheat, 4,749 acres of farmland under cultivation, 3,383 pounds of maple sugar, 3,090 bushels of peas, 2,865 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,627 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,120 acres of farmland under crops, 2,009 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,556 bushels of corn, 1,205 tons of hay, 1,166 sheep, 1,034 bushels of turnips, 753 acres of oats, 728 bushels of rye, 696 swine, 592 acres of wheat, 476 barrels of pork, 427 milk cows, 372 calves and heifers, 309 acres of peas, 298 bulls, oxen, or steers, 268 acres of potatoes, 230 horses, 211 bushels of barley, 205 occupants of farms, 148 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 121 barrels of beef, 102 bushels of buckwheat, 83 acres of rye, 57 pounds of hops, 46 bushels of beans, 36 bushels of carrots, 32 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 13 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 13 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 12 acres of barley, 8 acres of buckwheat, 7 acres of turnips, 7 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 6 acres of corn, 6 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 5 pounds of flax or hemp, 2 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 5,648 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 2,569 yards of flannel, 2,000 feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, 577 yards of fulled cloth, $400 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 1 carding and fulling mills, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 grist mills, 1 grist mills not reporting, 1 grist mills powered by water, 1 grist mills reporting annual production, 1 grist mills returning capital, 1 saw mills, 1 saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs:  ,   carding and fulling mills returning capital,   employees in grist mills,   employees in saw mills,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mill plants,   saw mills not reporting,   saw mills powered by steam,   saw mills powered by water,   saw mills reporting annual production,   saw mills reporting production by number of logs,   saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   saw mills returning capital,   tanneries,   tanneries not reporting, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $  value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $  value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 2,000 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production.   feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 10 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 7, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 3, Deaths in the past year among males aged 2 to 3: 2, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC067003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079005_1901 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28469403

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 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). "Bristol, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bristol-qc067003-1851/.