Brompton & St. Frs.-Xavier, Quebec (1891 census)
Brompton & St. Frs.-Xavier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,766. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.505°N, 72.051°W.
Population
In 1891, Brompton & St. Frs.-Xavier had a population of 1,766: 931 male and 835 female residents.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. François-Xavier, 1901 (73.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Brompton & St. Frs.-Xavier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,766 total population, 931 males, 835 females, 619 married persons, 331 families, 310 married females, 309 married males, 57 widowed persons, 30 widowed females, 27 widowed males, 5.30 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,090 single persons under 18, 595 single males under 18, 495 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,317 French Canadians, 449 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 322 occupied houses, 321 houses, 317 houses built of wood, 307 houses of 1 story, 100 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 69 houses of 3 rooms, 66 houses of 2 rooms, 53 houses of 4 rooms, 41 uninhabited houses, 20 houses of 5 rooms, 14 houses of 2 stories, 12 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses under construction, 3 houses built of brick, 1 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses built of stone, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 69,910 acres of land in farms, 60,077 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 58,340 pounds of homemade butter, 22,548 bushels of potatoes, 18,946 bushels of oats, 9,833 acres of improved land in farms, 6,948 bushels of turnips, 6,345 acres of farmland under crops, 4,077 bushels of buckwheat, 3,845 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 3,570 tons of hay, 3,551 acres of hay crops, 3,409 acres of farmland in pasture, 3,021 chickens, 3,013 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 1,947 bushels of barley, 906 sheep, 875 bushels of spring wheat, 809 acres of oats, 788 bushels of peas, 660 milk cows, 531 other cattle, 475 sheep slaughtered or sold, 457 bushels of corn, 380 swine slaughtered or sold, 373 horses aged over 3 years, 308 bushels of beans, 296 occupants of farms, 293 swine, 270 farm occupants who own their land, 207 cattle killed or sold, 159 acres of potatoes, 106 acres of barley, 96 horses aged 3 years and under, 96 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 93 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 79 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 79 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 65 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 60 ducks, 55 acres of wheat, 47 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 44 geese, 26 farm occupants who rent their land, 24 acres of turnips, 23 other fowl, 21 oxen, Capacity of silos (tons): 20, 16 turkeys, 14 bushels of rye, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC182001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC182001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "Brompton & St. Frs.-Xavier, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/brompton-st-frs-xavier-qc182001-1891/.