Shipton, Quebec (1881 census)

Shipton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,347. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244603. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.769°N, 72.007°W.

Population

In 1881, Shipton had a population of 2,347: 1,214 male and 1,133 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, Shipton shared boundaries with:

• Cleveland
• Danville, VL
• Kingsey E
• Kingsey Falls
• St. George de Windsor
• Tingwick
• Wotton

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,347 total population, 1,214 males, 1,133 females, 785 married persons, 423 families, 395 married females, 390 married males, 83 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 33 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,479 single persons under 18, 791 single males under 18, 688 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 416 inhabited houses, 416 occupied houses, 59 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 45,563 bushels of oats, 32,308 bushels of potatoes, 16,018 bushels of turnips, 8,907 bushels of spring wheat, 8,571 tons of hay, 6,853 acres of hay crops, 4,637 bushels of barley, 4,019 bushels of buckwheat, 1,943 bushels of corn, 1,434 bushels of other root crops, 911 bushels of peas and beans, 580 acres of wheat, 335 acres of potatoes, 170 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 91 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,347 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: QC053006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC192017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244603

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). "Shipton, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/shipton-qc053006-1881/.