St. Bruno, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Bruno was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 721. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142333. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.531°N, 73.343°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Bruno had a population of 721: 382 male and 339 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 894 |
| 1891 | 721 |
| 1901 | 872 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Bruno shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 83 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 721 total population, 382 males, 339 females, 265 married persons, 140 families, 133 married females, 132 married males, 29 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 14 widowed males, 5.20 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 427 single persons under 18, 236 single males under 18, 191 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 717 French Canadians, 4 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 132 houses, 132 occupied houses, 110 houses built of wood, 104 houses of 1 story, 47 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 30 uninhabited houses, 26 houses of 2 stories, 26 houses of 3 rooms, 24 houses of 4 rooms, 23 houses of 5 rooms, 13 houses built of brick, 9 houses built of stone, 6 houses of 2 rooms, 5 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of more than 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 19,001 pounds of homemade butter, 17,497 bushels of oats, 8,910 acres of land in farms, 7,710 acres of improved land in farms, 6,607 acres of farmland under crops, 6,116 bushels of potatoes, 4,393 chickens, 4,265 acres of hay crops, 3,156 tons of hay, 2,031 bushels of buckwheat, 1,589 acres of oats, 1,389 bushels of peas, 1,200 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 991 acres of farmland in pasture, 980 bushels of barley, 747 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 265 horses aged over 3 years, 246 milk cows, 238 swine slaughtered or sold, 229 sheep, 174 swine, 162 bushels of spring wheat, 158 bushels of corn, 137 sheep slaughtered or sold, 134 cattle killed or sold, 131 occupants of farms, 126 bushels of turnips, 120 other cattle, 112 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 104 turkeys, 100 farm occupants who own their land, 98 horses aged 3 years and under, 89 acres of barley, 84 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 61 acres of potatoes, 57 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 53 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 51 geese, 42 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 39 bushels of beans, 29 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 25 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 21 acres of wheat, 20 ducks, 20 farm occupants who rent their land, 11 employees on farms, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 other fowl, 2 acres of turnips. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC145009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC145009— 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 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. Bruno, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bruno-qc145009-1891/.