St. Bruno, Quebec (1851 census)
St. Bruno was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 1,164. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142333. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.533°N, 73.340°W.
Population
In 1851, St. Bruno had a population of 1,164: 578 male and 586 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 became part of St. Bruno, 1861 (63.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851
In the 1851 census, St. Bruno shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 184 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 1,164 total population, 586 females, 578 males, Female members of the family who are present: 570, Male members of the family who are present: 568, 395 single males, 390 single females, 214 families, 180 married females, 175 married males, 92 females attending school, 84 males attending school, 27 female births, Male members of the family who are present: 23, 18 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 16, 16 widowed females, Males present who are not members of the family: 10, 8 widowed males, Female members of the family who are absent: 4, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 deaf and dumb males, 3 lunatic males, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 91 females aged 5 to 10, 88 males aged 5 to 10, 68 married females aged 30 to 40, 68 single males aged 15 to 20, 65 single females aged 10 to 15, 62 married males aged 30 to 40, 58 married females aged 20 to 30, 54 single females aged 15 to 20, 54 single males aged 10 to 15, 43 single males aged 20 to 30, 42 married males aged 40 to 50, 38 single females aged 20 to 30, 35 married males aged 20 to 30, 33 males aged 1 to 2, 28 married females aged 40 to 50, 26 married males aged 50 to 60, 25 females aged 2 to 3, 23 females aged 1 to 2, 23 females aged 4 to 5, 23 males aged 3 to 4, 22 females under age 1, 21 males aged 2 to 3, 19 males under age 1, 18 single females aged 30 to 40, 17 females age 3 to 4, 16 males aged 4 to 5, 15 married females aged 50 to 60, 15 single males aged 30 to 40, 10 males of unknown age, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 6 married females aged 15 to 20, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 married females aged 60 to 70, 4 females of unknown age, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 3 married males aged 70 to 80, 2 single females aged 40 to 50, 2 single females aged 60 to 70, 2 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 2 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 2 widowed females aged 80 to 90, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 2 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 2 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 1 married males aged 15 to 20, 1 single females aged 70 to 80, 1 single males aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 60 to 70, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 60 to 70. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 single females aged 90 to 100 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,155 French Canadians, 7 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 1 persons originating in England or Wales, 1 persons originating in France. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 135,780 tons of hay, 13,670 pounds of homemade butter, 8,108 bushels of oats, 7,474 acres of land in farms, 5,244 bushels of wheat, 3,800 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 3,674 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2,722 acres of farmland under crops, 2,302 pounds of maple sugar, 2,032 bushels of peas, 1,996 barrels of pork, 1,345 pounds of wool produced on farms, 1,203 pounds of flax or hemp, 1,031 pounds of tobacco, 904 acres of farmland in pasture, 802 bushels of potatoes, 730 acres of wheat, 693 sheep, 598 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 524 acres of oats, 463 swine, 431 milk cows, 320 horses, 249 acres of peas, 215 bushels of corn, 177 calves and heifers, 133 occupants of farms, 131 bushels of barley, 64 bushels of buckwheat, 48 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 48 bushels of carrots, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 33 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 28 bulls, oxen, or steers, 28 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 20 acres of potatoes, 18 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres, 16 barrels of beef, 14 acres of corn, 11 acres of barley, 11 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 6 acres of buckwheat, 2 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 1 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 861 yards of flannel, 799 yards of fulled cloth, 747 yards of linen, gallons of beer produced in breweries, breweries, breweries not reporting, breweries reporting, breweries returning capital, carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in breweries, employees in foundries, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, foundries, foundries not reporting, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, saw mill plants, saw mills not reporting, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling). barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 26 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 13, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 6, Deaths in the past year among males under age 1: 5, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 4, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 4 to 5: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 70 to 80: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1851, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| François-Pierre Bruneau | 1799–1851 | died here |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC052005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142333
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1851 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. Bruno, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bruno-qc052005-1851/.