St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,740. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.510°N, 73.116°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville had a population of 1,740: 878 male and 862 female residents.
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. Jean-Baptiste, 1871 (89.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of St. Jean-Baptiste, 1891 (90.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,740 total population, 878 males, 862 females, 575 married persons, 350 families, 289 married females, 286 married males, 62 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,103 single persons under 18, 572 single males under 18, 531 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 261 inhabited houses, 261 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 38,895 bushels of oats, 16,554 bushels of barley, 12,057 bushels of peas and beans, 10,354 bushels of potatoes, 4,246 tons of hay, 4,058 bushels of spring wheat, 3,854 bushels of corn, 3,833 acres of hay crops, 3,203 bushels of other root crops, 785 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 780 acres of wheat, 663 bushels of buckwheat, 120 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,740 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:
QC063003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC063003— 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. Jean Baptiste de Rouville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-baptiste-de-rouville-qc063003-1881/.