St. Gabriel de Brandon, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Gabriel de Brandon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 3,172. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.291°N, 73.373°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Gabriel de Brandon had a population of 3,172: 1,603 male and 1,569 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 3,054 |
| 1891 | 3,172 |
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. Gabriel de Brandon, VL, 1901 (2.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Gabriel de Brandon shared boundaries with:
- Mastigoche
- St. Barthélémy
- St. Cuthbert
- St. Damien
- St. Didace
- St. Félix de Valois
- St. Jean de Matha
- St. Norbert
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 3,172 total population, 1,603 males, 1,569 females, 1,092 married persons, 586 families, 546 married females, 546 married males, 93 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 39 widowed males, 5.40 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,987 single persons under 18, 1,018 single males under 18, 969 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,012 French Canadians, 160 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 450 houses, 450 occupied houses, 427 houses built of wood, 250 houses of 1 story, 198 houses of 2 stories, 128 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 95 houses of 3 rooms, 94 houses of 4 rooms, 69 uninhabited houses, 55 houses of 5 rooms, 46 houses of 2 rooms, 23 houses built of brick, 20 houses of 1 room, 9 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 7 houses under construction, 3 houses of over 15 rooms, 2 houses of 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 40,758 acres of land in farms, 38,188 bushels of oats, 34,523 pounds of homemade butter, 27,813 bushels of potatoes, 21,419 acres of improved land in farms, 19,339 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 15,318 acres of farmland under crops, 6,029 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,163 bushels of turnips, 4,869 bushels of buckwheat, 4,725 tons of hay, 4,573 acres of oats, 4,373 acres of hay crops, 3,904 chickens, 3,725 bushels of peas, 3,193 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,408 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 2,063 sheep, 1,960 bushels of corn, 1,567 bushels of spring wheat, 1,092 milk cows, 1,010 swine slaughtered or sold, 975 sheep slaughtered or sold, 963 swine, 810 bushels of barley, 798 other cattle, 544 horses aged over 3 years, 436 occupants of farms, 415 cattle killed or sold, 388 farm occupants who own their land, 249 acres of potatoes, 200 acres of wheat, 139 horses aged 3 years and under, 130 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 129 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 112 bushels of beans, 91 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 86 acres of turnips, 85 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 82 acres of barley, 82 other fowl, 72 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 64 oxen, 61 geese, 58 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 farm occupants who rent their land, 44 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 42 ducks, 42 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 34 bushels of rye, 33 turkeys, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC142009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC142009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912200
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. Gabriel de Brandon, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-de-brandon-qc142009-1891/.