St. Romuald, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Romuald was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,641. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.739°N, 71.251°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Romuald had a population of 3,641: 1,826 male and 1,815 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,600 |
| 1871 | 3,000 |
| 1881 | 3,641 |
| 1891 | 3,545 |
| 1901 | 3,589 |
| 1911 | 3,993 |
| 1921 | 3,825 |
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. Romuald shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 3,641 total population, 1,826 males, 1,815 females, 1,128 married persons, 667 families, 564 married females, 564 married males, 124 widowed persons, 81 widowed females, 43 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,389 single persons under 18, 1,219 single males under 18, 1,170 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 600 inhabited houses, 600 occupied houses, 37 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,028 bushels of oats, 8,019 bushels of potatoes, 1,352 bushels of spring wheat, 972 bushels of other root crops, 649 tons of hay, 603 bushels of buckwheat, 517 acres of hay crops, 440 bushels of turnips, 153 bushels of barley, 106 bushels of peas and beans, 53 bushels of rye, 29 acres of potatoes, 22 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of winter wheat, 4 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand Villeneuve | 1831–1909 | died here |
| Adelstan de Martigny | 1867–1917 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,641 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:
QC046012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC066012— 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. Romuald, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-romuald-qc046012-1881/.