Bryson (Village) & Upper Litchfield, Quebec (1891 census)
Bryson (Village) & Upper Litchfield was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,944. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.798°N, 76.592°W.
Population
In 1891, Bryson (Village) & Upper Litchfield had a population of 1,944: 1,013 male and 931 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,603 |
| 1891 | 1,944 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Bryson, VL, 1901 (1.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Litchfield, 1901 (90.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Bryson (Village) & Upper Litchfield shared boundaries with:
- Clarendon N
- Leslie, Clapham & Huddersfield
- Mansfield & Pontefract
- Portage du Fort (Village) & Lower Litchfield
- Thorne
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,944 total population, 1,013 males, 931 females, 506 married persons, 296 families, 253 married females, 253 married males, 62 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 17 widowed males, 6.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,376 single persons under 18, 743 single males under 18, 633 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,387 persons who are not French Canadian, 557 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 289 houses, 289 occupied houses, 282 houses built of wood, 249 houses of 1 story, 86 houses of 2 rooms, 82 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 1 room, 37 houses of 2 stories, 31 houses of 4 rooms, 20 houses of 3 rooms, 20 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 5 rooms, 10 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses built of brick, 5 houses of over 15 rooms, 3 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 66,327 pounds of homemade butter, 42,929 bushels of oats, 31,617 acres of land in farms, 18,149 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 17,001 bushels of potatoes, 13,468 acres of improved land in farms, 12,846 bushels of peas, 11,573 acres of farmland under crops, 11,020 bushels of spring wheat, 5,787 chickens, 3,557 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,829 acres of hay crops, 2,797 acres of oats, 2,532 tons of hay, 1,831 acres of farmland in pasture, 1,466 bushels of turnips, 1,369 sheep, 1,139 acres of wheat, 1,136 bushels of barley, 1,103 other cattle, 931 milk cows, 915 bushels of buckwheat, 898 swine, 759 swine slaughtered or sold, 731 bushels of corn, 501 horses aged over 3 years, 483 sheep slaughtered or sold, 397 cattle killed or sold, 315 bushels of rye, 296 bushels of beans, 278 acres of potatoes, 275 occupants of farms, 254 farm occupants who own their land, 246 turkeys, 241 geese, 185 horses aged 3 years and under, 123 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 119 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 114 ducks, 99 acres of barley, 82 other fowl, 66 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 64 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 54 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 42 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 farm occupants who rent their land, 20 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 18 bushels of winter wheat, 16 acres of turnips, 12 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 6 oxen. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC177006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC177006— 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). "Bryson (Village) & Upper Litchfield, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bryson-village-upper-litchfield-qc177006-1891/.