Côte St. Antoine, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Côte St. Antoine, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 884. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139497. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.485°N, 73.601°W.
Population
In 1881, Côte St. Antoine, Village had a population of 884: 420 male and 464 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 884 |
| 1891 | 3,076 |
| 1901 | 8,856 |
| 1911 | 14,579 |
| 1921 | 17,593 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Montréal, Paroisse, 1871 (9.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Côte St. Antoine, Village shared boundaries with:
- Côte des Neiges, Village
- Montréal, St. Antoine ward-quartier
- Montréal, Ste. Cunégonde ward-quartier
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Village
- St. Henri, Town—Ville
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 23 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 884 total population, 464 females, 420 males, 254 married persons, 147 families, 127 married females, 127 married males, 34 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 596 single persons under 18, 312 single females under 18, 284 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 139 inhabited houses, 139 occupied houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,607 bushels of potatoes, 1,403 bushels of turnips, 1,108 bushels of other root crops, 69 tons of hay, 64 acres of hay crops, 57 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 15 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Edward Dawson | 1833–1916 | died here |
| James Kirby | 1840–1914 | died here |
| John Redpath Dougall | 1841–1934 | died here |
| Alexander Parker Willis | 1845–1934 | died here |
| John McKergow | 1847–1920 | died here |
| Honoré Beaugrand | 1848–1906 | died here |
| Louis-Philippe Hébert | 1850–1917 | died here |
| Elson Irving Rexford | 1851–1936 | died here |
| Henry Herbert Godfrey | 1858–1908 | died here |
| James Laurin | 1863–1935 | died here |
| Tancrède Bienvenu | 1864–1931 | died here |
| Charles Allan Smart | 1868–1937 | died here |
| Jean-Omer Marchand | 1872–1936 | died here |
| Julian C. (Julian Cleveland) Smith | 1878–1939 | died here |
| Auguste-Réal Angers | d. 1919 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 886 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC091012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q139497
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmount
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmount
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 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). "Côte St. Antoine, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/c-te-st-antoine-village-qc091012-1881/.