Château Richer, Quebec (1881 census)
Château Richer was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,820. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142001. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.066°N, 71.097°W.
Population
In 1881, Château Richer had a population of 1,820: 921 male and 899 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,250 |
| 1861 | 1,537 |
| 1871 | 1,618 |
| 1881 | 1,820 |
| 1891 | 1,587 |
| 1901 | 1,595 |
| 1911 | 1,773 |
| 1921 | 1,857 |
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, Château Richer shared boundaries with:
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 1,820 total population, 921 males, 899 females, 547 married persons, 312 families, 274 married males, 273 married females, 76 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,197 single persons under 18, 619 single males under 18, 578 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 285 inhabited houses, 285 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 35,406 bushels of oats, 18,739 bushels of potatoes, 4,619 bushels of spring wheat, 3,413 bushels of other root crops, 3,308 bushels of turnips, 1,946 tons of hay, 1,802 bushels of barley, 1,258 bushels of peas and beans, 1,192 bushels of buckwheat, 1,077 acres of hay crops, 340 acres of wheat, 144 bushels of rye, 139 acres of potatoes, 128 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 72 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Vincent Valin | 1827–1897 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,820 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:
QC078008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075001— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142001
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau-Richer
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). "Château Richer, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ch-teau-richer-qc078008-1881/.