Princeville, Village, Quebec (1881 census)

Princeville, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 699. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142516. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.169°N, 71.879°W.

Population

In 1881, Princeville, Village had a population of 699: 340 male and 359 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, Princeville, Village shared boundaries with:

• Stanfold

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 699 total population, 359 females, 340 males, 222 married persons, 125 families, 112 married females, 110 married males, 27 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 450 single persons under 18, 232 single females under 18, 218 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 108 inhabited houses, 108 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,385 bushels of oats, 2,304 bushels of potatoes, 476 bushels of spring wheat, 438 bushels of other root crops, 395 tons of hay, 312 acres of hay crops, 206 bushels of buckwheat, 165 bushels of peas and beans, 157 bushels of barley, 123 bushels of corn, 61 bushels of turnips, 42 acres of wheat, 29 acres of potatoes, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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 699 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: QC052015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC038024 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142516
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeville

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). "Princeville, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/princeville-village-qc052015-1881/.