St. Dunstan, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Dunstan was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 286. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.980°N, 71.295°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Dunstan had a population of 286: 142 male and 144 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 391 |
| 1861 | 505 |
| 1871 | 354 |
| 1881 | 286 |
| 1891 | 216 |
| 1901 | 228 |
| 1911 | 225 |
| 1921 | 169 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Dunstan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 286 total population, 144 females, 142 males, 98 married persons, 56 families, 50 married males, 48 married females, 13 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 175 single persons under 18, 88 single females under 18, 87 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 56 inhabited houses, 56 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,398 bushels of potatoes, 5,499 bushels of oats, 720 bushels of turnips, 611 acres of hay crops, 591 tons of hay, 335 bushels of other root crops, 282 bushels of spring wheat, 137 bushels of buckwheat, 123 bushels of barley, 84 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of peas and beans, 27 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| R. Edward Gosnell | 1859–1931 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 286 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:
QC080003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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). "St. Dunstan, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-dunstan-qc080003-1881/.