St. Eugène de Grantham, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Eugène de Grantham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 520. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462129. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.810°N, 72.709°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Eugène de Grantham had a population of 520: 260 male and 260 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 520 |
| 1891 | 1,049 |
| 1901 | 824 |
| 1911 | 1,120 |
| 1921 | 1,135 |
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. Eugène de Grantham shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 520 total population, 260 females, 260 males, 201 married persons, 110 families, 101 married males, 100 married females, 10 widowed persons, 7 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 309 single persons under 18, 157 single females under 18, 152 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 85 inhabited houses, 85 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,403 bushels of oats, 1,203 bushels of potatoes, 300 bushels of peas and beans, 270 bushels of buckwheat, 227 bushels of barley, 220 bushels of spring wheat, 88 acres of hay crops, 79 tons of hay, 73 bushels of corn, 72 bushels of turnips, 46 acres of potatoes, 28 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 22 acres of wheat, 3 bushels of winter wheat, 1 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 496 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:
QC052001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054009_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462129
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. Eugène de Grantham, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-eug-ne-de-grantham-qc052001-1881/.