Bristol, Quebec (1911 census)

Bristol was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 1,957. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28469403. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.564°N, 76.369°W.

Population

In 1911, Bristol had a population of 1,957: 1,006 male and 951 female residents. Population density was 24.1 people per square mile.

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 1911

In the 1911 census, Bristol shared boundaries with:

• Clarendon
• Onslow N.
• Onslow S.
• Thorne

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 51,974 area in acres, 1,957 total population, 1,006 males in the population, 951 females in the population, 664 single (never-married) males, 584 single (never-married) females, 371 families, 315 married males, 310 married females, 81.21 area in square miles, 54 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 24.09 population per square mile, 3 females with marital status not given. 2,237 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 1,027 persons of British origin (Irish), 601 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 149 persons of French origin, 133 persons of British origin (English), 16 persons of German origin, 2 persons of Polish origin. 2 persons recorded under the 1911/1921 official census category "Negro"; refers to people of African descent. Term is now considered offensive and is preserved here only as the historical source label. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 738 Roman Catholics, 614 Presbyterians, 303 Methodists, 214 Anglicans (Church of England), 47 Baptists, 40 adherents of various sects (residual category in 1911), 27 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Congregationalists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 370 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC185006 — 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 1911 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 (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bristol-qc185006-1911/.