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Year: 1891  |  Province: Quebec

Bristol S, Quebec (1891 census)

Bristol S was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,225. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.527°N, 76.377°W.

Population

In 1891, Bristol S had a population of 1,225: 623 male and 602 female residents. Population density was 25.6 people per square mile.

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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Bristol S shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 168 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (15 variables)
VariableValue
Average size of families5.90
FAM NO209
Number of families209
Number of females602
Number of males623
Number of married females189
Number of married males189
Number of married persons378
Number of widowed females45
Number of widowed males19
Number of widowed persons64
POP F602
POP M623
POP TOT1,225
Total population1,225
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 18368
Number of single males under 18415
Number of single persons under 18783
Ethnic origin (2 variables)
VariableValue
Number of French Canadians67
Number of persons who are not French Canadian1,158
Buildings & housing (15 variables)
VariableValue
Number of houses208
Number of houses built of brick7
Number of houses built of wood201
Number of houses of 1 room1
Number of houses of 1 story105
Number of houses of 11 to 15 rooms9
Number of houses of 2 rooms16
Number of houses of 2 stories101
Number of houses of 3 rooms22
Number of houses of 3 stories2
Number of houses of 4 rooms34
Number of houses of 5 rooms20
Number of houses of 6 to 10 rooms106
Number of occupied houses208
Number of uninhabited houses3
Agriculture (67 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of barley26
Acres of farmland in gardens or orchards57
Acres of farmland in pasture3,289
Acres of farmland in woodland or forest6,287
Acres of farmland under crops8,087
Acres of hay crops1,850
Acres of improved land in farms11,433
Acres of land in farms17,720
Acres of oats2,375
Acres of potatoes132
Acres of turnips8
Acres of wheat890
BAR AC26
BAR BU618
Bushels of barley produced in the past year618
Bushels of beans produced in the past year793
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year2,495
Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year7
Bushels of corn produced in the past year611
Bushels of oats produced in the past year50,470
Bushels of peas produced in the past year12,281
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year10,088
Bushels of rye produced in the past year2,960
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year10,021
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year2,320
Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year140
BWT BU2,495
CRN BU611
HAY AC1,850
HAY TONS1,861
Number of cattle killed or sold in the past year211
Number of chickens5,047
Number of ducks84
Number of employees on farms1
Number of farm occupants who own their land152
Number of farm occupants who rent their land17
Number of geese97
Number of horses aged 3 years and under118
Number of horses aged over 3 years350
Number of milk cows773
Number of occupants of farms170
Number of other cattle640
Number of other fowl20
Number of oxen2
Number of persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres37
Number of persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres28
Number of persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres74
Number of persons living on farms over 200 acres9
Number of persons living on farms under 10 acres22
Number of sheep929
Number of sheep slaughtered or sold478
Number of swine568
Number of swine slaughtered or sold585
Number of turkeys154
OAT AC2,375
OAT BU50,470
PEA BU12,281
POT AC132
POT BU10,088
Pounds of cheese produced on farms in the past year220
Pounds of coarse wool produced on farms in the past year3,896
Pounds of homemade butter44,795
RYE BU2,960
Tons of hay produced in the past year1,861
WHT AC890
WHT FALL BU140
WHT SP BU10,021
Other recorded variables (66 variables)
VariableValue
A 101 20037
A 11 5028
A 201 PL9
A 51 10074
BEN BU793
BUTTER LB44,795
CATTLE KS211
CHEESE LB220
CHILD AND UNMD FEM368
CHILD AND UNMD MALE415
CHILD AND UNMD TOT783
COARSE WOOL LB3,896
COLTS FILLIES118
DUCKS84
FAMILIES209
FAMILIES AV SIZE5.90
FRN CA67
GEESE97
GRA BU7
HENS AND CHKN5,047
HORSES OVR THREE350
HOUSES208
HOUSES B7
HOUSES ELVN TO FIFTN RM9
HOUSES FIVE RM20
HOUSES FOUR RM34
HOUSES ONE RM1
HOUSES ONE STRY105
HOUSES SIX TO TEN RM106
HOUSES THREE RM22
HOUSES THREE STRY2
HOUSES TWO RM16
HOUSES TWO STRY101
HOUSES UNINH3
HOUSES W201
INF 11 A22
MD FEM189
MD MALE189
MD TOT378
MILK COWS773
NAME CDPontiac
OC E1
OC F17
OC P152
OC TOT170
OTHER FOWL20
OTHER HRN CATTLE640
OTHERS1,158
SHEEP929
SHEEP KS478
SUP AM11,433
SUP FOR6,287
SUP JV57
SUP PAT3,289
SUP SC8,087
SUP TOT17,720
SWINE568
SWINE KS585
TOT DWLG OCC208
TUR AC8
TUR BU2,320
TURKEY154
WID FEM45
WID MALE19
WID TOT64
WORKING OX2

Identifiers

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). "Bristol S, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bristol-s-qc177005-1891/.