St. Bernard, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Bernard was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,582. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911941. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.485°N, 71.150°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Bernard had a population of 1,582: 814 male and 768 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,448 |
| 1861 | 1,792 |
| 1871 | 1,820 |
| 1881 | 1,731 |
| 1891 | 1,582 |
| 1901 | 1,436 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 1,482 |
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 St. Bernard, 1901 (92.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Bernard shared boundaries with:
- St. Elzéar
- St. Isidore
- St. Lambert de Lauzon
- St. Narcisse
- St. Patrice de Beaurivage
- St. Sylvestre, VL
- Ste. Marie
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 81 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,582 total population, 814 males, 768 females, 495 married persons, 280 families, 249 married males, 246 married females, 65 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 25 widowed males, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,022 single persons under 18, 540 single males under 18, 482 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,575 French Canadians, 7 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 267 houses, 267 occupied houses, 266 houses built of wood, 238 houses of 1 story, 78 houses of 2 rooms, 56 houses of 3 rooms, 42 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 40 houses of 5 rooms, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 29 houses of 2 stories, 19 uninhabited houses, 13 houses of 1 room, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses built of brick. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 66,203 pounds of homemade butter, 33,638 bushels of oats, 26,263 acres of land in farms, 19,444 acres of improved land in farms, 15,000 bushels of potatoes, 10,862 acres of farmland under crops, 8,464 acres of farmland in pasture, 6,819 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 5,733 acres of hay crops, 3,946 acres of oats, 3,136 tons of hay, 2,868 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,555 chickens, 1,983 sheep, 1,876 bushels of buckwheat, 1,775 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,589 bushels of turnips, 1,253 bushels of spring wheat, 1,239 bushels of peas, 1,145 milk cows, 1,003 swine, 886 sheep slaughtered or sold, 724 swine slaughtered or sold, 564 other cattle, 475 other fowl, 472 bushels of barley, 351 oxen, 333 cattle killed or sold, 273 horses aged over 3 years, 267 occupants of farms, 253 farm occupants who own their land, 186 acres of potatoes, 171 acres of wheat, 118 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 92 horses aged 3 years and under, 91 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 89 bushels of rye, 88 bushels of beans, 88 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 83 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 61 turkeys, 59 bushels of corn, 58 acres of barley, 52 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 46 geese, 26 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 23 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 9 ducks, 8 employees on farms, 6 farm occupants who rent their land. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC152002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC053003_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911941
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). "St. Bernard, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bernard-qc152002-1891/.