Marston N, Quebec (1881 census)
Marston N was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 502. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.554°N, 71.032°W.
Population
In 1881, Marston N had a population of 502: 273 male and 229 female residents.
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 Hampden, Marston, Whitton, 1871 (19.4% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Marsden & Piopolis, Village, 1891 (48.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Marston N shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 502 total population, 273 males, 229 females, 140 married persons, 79 families, 70 married females, 70 married males, 9 widowed persons, 5 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 353 single persons under 18, 198 single males under 18, 155 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 79 inhabited houses, 79 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,332 bushels of potatoes, 1,975 bushels of barley, 1,430 bushels of oats, 1,130 bushels of buckwheat, 945 acres of hay crops, 658 bushels of turnips, 593 tons of hay, 80 acres of potatoes, 80 acres of wheat, 62 bushels of spring wheat, 36 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 25 bushels of other root crops, 10 bushels of corn, 7 bushels of peas and beans, 1 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 502 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:
QC054005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054005— 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). "Marston N, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/marston-n-qc054005-1881/.