Frelighsburg, Village, Quebec (1881 census)

Frelighsburg, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 278. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138530673. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.055°N, 72.842°W.

Population

In 1881, Frelighsburg, Village had a population of 278: 137 male and 141 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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, Frelighsburg, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Armand E.

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 278 total population, 141 females, 137 males, 116 married persons, 58 families, 58 married females, 58 married males, 10 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 2 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 152 single persons under 18, 77 single males under 18, 75 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 58 inhabited houses, 58 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,637 bushels of potatoes, 352 bushels of other root crops, 294 bushels of corn, 149 bushels of turnips, 106 tons of hay, 85 acres of hay crops, 61 bushels of oats, 40 bushels of buckwheat, 24 bushels of spring wheat, 14 acres of potatoes, 11 bushels of peas and beans, 2 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 278 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: QC065006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC072018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q138530673

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). "Frelighsburg, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/frelighsburg-village-qc065006-1881/.