Napierville, Village, Quebec (1881 census)

Napierville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 922. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3335889. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.186°N, 73.403°W.

Population

In 1881, Napierville, Village had a population of 922: 433 male and 489 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).

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 St. Cyprien, 1871 (2.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Napierville, Village shared boundaries with:

• St. Cyprien

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 922 total population, 489 females, 433 males, 289 married persons, 203 families, 145 married males, 144 married females, 55 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 578 single persons under 18, 300 single females under 18, 278 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 166 inhabited houses, 166 occupied houses, 10 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,683 bushels of potatoes, 1,497 bushels of corn, 1,288 bushels of oats, 512 bushels of buckwheat, 442 acres of hay crops, 385 bushels of peas and beans, 375 tons of hay, 176 bushels of turnips, 86 bushels of spring wheat, 41 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of barley, 14 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of other root crops, 8 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.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 922 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: QC070007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC077006_1881 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3335889
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napierville
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napierville

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). "Napierville, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/napierville-village-qc070007-1881/.