St. Germain de Grantham, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Germain de Grantham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,661. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462266. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.832°N, 72.617°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Germain de Grantham had a population of 2,661: 1,351 male and 1,310 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,661 |
| 1891 | 3,065 |
| 1901 | 2,573 |
| 1911 | 2,181 |
| 1921 | 1,763 |
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 St. Germain, 1871 (76.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Germain de Grantham shared boundaries with:
- Grantham
- St. Bonaventure d'Upton
- St. Ephrem d'Upton
- St. Eugène de Grantham
- St. Guillaume
- St. Théodore
- Wickham
- Wickham W-O
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 2,661 total population, 1,351 males, 1,310 females, 886 married persons, 464 families, 443 married females, 443 married males, 52 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,723 single persons under 18, 883 single males under 18, 840 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 412 inhabited houses, 412 occupied houses, 30 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 57,974 bushels of oats, 13,347 bushels of potatoes, 4,674 bushels of buckwheat, 3,859 bushels of spring wheat, 3,485 bushels of peas and beans, 2,132 tons of hay, 2,003 acres of hay crops, 1,474 bushels of barley, 1,096 bushels of turnips, 1,021 bushels of other root crops, 1,013 bushels of corn, 524 acres of wheat, 261 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 145 acres of potatoes, 26 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,661 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:
QC052005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054010_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462266
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. Germain de Grantham, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-germain-de-grantham-qc052005-1881/.