St. Hilarion, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Hilarion was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,020. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463170. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.581°N, 70.400°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Hilarion had a population of 1,020: 524 male and 496 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 281 |
| 1861 | 540 |
| 1871 | 862 |
| 1881 | 1,020 |
| 1891 | 1,099 |
| 1901 | 1,035 |
| 1911 | 991 |
| 1921 | 854 |
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. Hilarion shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,020 total population, 524 males, 496 females, 327 married persons, 165 married males, 162 married females, 158 families, 28 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 665 single persons under 18, 348 single males under 18, 317 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 142 inhabited houses, 142 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,294 bushels of potatoes, 7,264 bushels of rye, 4,408 bushels of oats, 3,035 bushels of spring wheat, 2,232 bushels of barley, 1,641 bushels of peas and beans, 1,519 bushels of buckwheat, 336 acres of wheat, 252 bushels of turnips, 236 acres of hay crops, 209 tons of hay, 70 acres of potatoes, 44 bushels of other root crops, 3 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 37 barrels of trout, 1 barrels of eels, 1 fathoms of fishing nets, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Olivar Asselin | 1874–1937 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,020 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:
QC077004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463170
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
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. Hilarion, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hilarion-qc077004-1881/.