Brompton, Quebec (1881 census)

Brompton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,425. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242621. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.505°N, 72.051°W.

Population

In 1881, Brompton had a population of 1,425: 741 male and 684 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 1881

In the 1881 census, Brompton shared boundaries with:

• Melbourne, Brompton Gore
• Orford

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,425 total population, 741 males, 684 females, 485 married persons, 278 families, 243 married males, 242 married females, 27 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 913 single persons under 18, 486 single males under 18, 427 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 242 occupied houses, 241 inhabited houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 15,060 bushels of oats, 9,584 bushels of potatoes, 4,325 bushels of turnips, 3,099 bushels of buckwheat, 2,437 tons of hay, 2,257 acres of hay crops, 1,351 bushels of spring wheat, 961 bushels of barley, 859 bushels of corn, 368 bushels of peas and beans, 357 bushels of other root crops, 117 acres of potatoes, 103 acres of wheat, 60 bushels of rye, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,425 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC053010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC083001 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242621

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "Brompton, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/brompton-qc053010-1881/.