Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Angèle de Merrici was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,199. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464147. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.515°N, 68.071°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Angèle de Merrici had a population of 1,199: 634 male and 565 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 715 |
| 1881 | 1,199 |
| 1891 | 1,231 |
| 1901 | 1,361 |
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, Ste. Angèle de Merrici shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,199 total population, 634 males, 565 females, 353 married persons, 197 families, 177 married males, 176 married females, 20 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 826 single persons under 18, 453 single males under 18, 373 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 168 inhabited houses, 168 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 15,871 bushels of potatoes, 9,479 bushels of oats, 7,149 bushels of barley, 4,913 bushels of spring wheat, 2,261 bushels of peas and beans, 1,545 acres of hay crops, 973 tons of hay, 895 bushels of buckwheat, 468 bushels of turnips, 433 acres of wheat, 301 bushels of rye, 91 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 239 fathoms of fishing nets, 15 barrels of trout, 4 barrels of other fish, 3 barrels of eels, 2 quintals of cod, 2 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,199 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:
QC040016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC188010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464147
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Ang%C3%A8le-de-M%C3%A9rici
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Ang%C3%A8le-de-M%C3%A9rici
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). "Ste. Angèle de Merrici, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-ang-le-de-merrici-qc040016-1881/.