Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
Philipsburg, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Philipsburg, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 259. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.043°N, 73.075°W.
Population
In 1881, Philipsburg, Village had a population of 259: 132 male and 127 female residents. Population density was 213.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 59 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 60 |
| Number of families | 60 |
| Number of females | 127 |
| Number of males | 132 |
| Number of married females | 44 |
| Number of married males | 44 |
| Number of married persons | 88 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 23 |
| POP TOT | 259 |
| Total population | 259 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 73 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 75 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 148 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 57 |
| Number of occupied houses | 57 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 7 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 121 |
| Acres of potatoes | 15 |
| Acres of wheat | 2 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 673 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 614 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 524 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 85 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,395 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 33 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 22 |
| BWT BU | 11 |
| CRN BU | 673 |
| HAY AC | 121 |
| HAY TONS | 191 |
| OAT BU | 614 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 85 |
| POT AC | 15 |
| POT BU | 1,395 |
| RYE BU | 28 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 191 |
| WHT AC | 2 |
| WHT SP BU | 33 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 73 |
| C UNMD M | 75 |
| C UNMD TOT | 148 |
| D OCC | 57 |
| FEMALE | 127 |
| H INHAB | 57 |
| H UNINH | 7 |
| MALE | 132 |
| MD F | 44 |
| MD M | 44 |
| MD TOT | 88 |
| NUMBER CD | 65 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 524 |
| TUR BU | 22 |
| WID F | 10 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 23 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC065004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC072019 — 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). "Philipsburg, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/philipsburg-village-qc065004-1881/.