St. Valère de Bulstrode, Quebec (1891 census)
St. Valère de Bulstrode was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,494. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463473. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.113°N, 72.073°W.
Population
In 1891, St. Valère de Bulstrode had a population of 1,494: 797 male and 697 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 1,494 |
| 1901 | 1,192 |
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. Valère de Bulstrode, 1901 (56.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, St. Valère de Bulstrode shared boundaries with:
- St. Albert de Warwick
- St. Louis de Blandford
- St. Samuel
- Stanfold
- Ste. Anne du Sault
- Ste. Clothilde d'Horton
- Ste. Eulalie
- Ste. Victoire
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,494 total population, 797 males, 697 females, 500 married persons, 260 families, 251 married females, 249 married males, 35 widowed persons, 20 widowed males, 15 widowed females, 5.70 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 959 single persons under 18, 528 single males under 18, 431 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,482 French Canadians, 12 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 221 occupied houses, 218 houses, 218 houses built of wood, 213 houses of 1 story, 59 houses of 3 rooms, 58 uninhabited houses, 53 houses of 4 rooms, 40 houses of 2 rooms, 26 houses of 1 room, 26 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 12 houses of 5 rooms, 12 houses under construction, 5 houses of 2 stories, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 1 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 23,773 acres of land in farms, 17,441 bushels of oats, 17,198 bushels of potatoes, 15,869 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 11,813 pounds of homemade butter, 7,904 acres of improved land in farms, 5,622 acres of farmland under crops, 2,844 bushels of buckwheat, 2,650 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 2,217 acres of farmland in pasture, 2,107 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 2,098 bushels of spring wheat, 2,009 chickens, 1,576 acres of hay crops, 1,302 tons of hay, 1,287 acres of oats, 698 sheep, 638 bushels of turnips, 587 bushels of corn, 461 bushels of barley, 428 milk cows, 341 bushels of peas, 292 other cattle, 286 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 284 swine slaughtered or sold, 260 occupants of farms, 244 farm occupants who own their land, 229 sheep slaughtered or sold, 227 horses aged over 3 years, 226 swine, 191 acres of wheat, 150 acres of potatoes, 130 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 117 oxen, 85 bushels of beans, 67 cattle killed or sold, 65 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 64 horses aged 3 years and under, 50 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 37 acres of barley, 23 geese, 22 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 16 farm occupants who rent their land, 15 other fowl, 13 turkeys, 10 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 8 acres of turnips, 3 ducks. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC153027— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC153035_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463473
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Val%C3%A8re
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Val%C3%A8re
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. Valère de Bulstrode, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-val-re-de-bulstrode-qc153027-1891/.