La Présentation, Quebec (1881 census)
La Présentation was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,318. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3212031. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.680°N, 73.060°W.
Population
In 1881, La Présentation had a population of 1,318: 664 male and 654 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,755 |
| 1861 | 1,901 |
| 1871 | 1,839 |
| 1881 | 1,318 |
| 1891 | 1,285 |
| 1901 | 1,273 |
| 1911 | 1,218 |
| 1921 | 1,062 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 La Présentation, 1871 (86.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, La Présentation shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,318 total population, 664 males, 654 females, 438 married persons, 243 families, 219 married females, 219 married males, 44 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 836 single persons under 18, 429 single males under 18, 407 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 217 inhabited houses, 217 occupied houses, 25 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 37,622 bushels of oats, 15,300 bushels of barley, 14,974 bushels of peas and beans, 8,150 bushels of potatoes, 2,452 bushels of spring wheat, 2,088 tons of hay, 1,949 acres of hay crops, 1,647 bushels of other root crops, 1,236 bushels of corn, 757 bushels of buckwheat, 404 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 318 acres of wheat, 95 acres of potatoes, 18 bushels of turnips, 3 bushels of winter wheat. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Élisabeth Bergeron | 1851–1936 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,318 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:
QC062009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091001_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3212031
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pr%C3%A9sentation
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Pr%C3%A9sentation
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). "La Présentation, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/la-pr-sentation-qc062009-1881/.