Somerset N, Quebec (1881 census)

Somerset N was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,674. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.322°N, 71.685°W.

Population

In 1881, Somerset N had a population of 1,674: 835 male and 839 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 contained Somerset, N, 1871 (89.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Somerset N shared boundaries with:

• Inverness W-O
• Somerset S
• St. Jean Deschaillons
• Ste. Anastasie
• Ste. Emilie & Leclercville, Village

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 1,674 total population, 839 females, 835 males, 521 married persons, 305 families, 261 married males, 260 married females, 47 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,106 single persons under 18, 556 single males under 18, 550 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 267 inhabited houses, 267 occupied houses, 53 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 24,653 bushels of oats, 15,340 bushels of potatoes, 2,031 tons of hay, 1,761 bushels of spring wheat, 1,704 bushels of turnips, 1,646 bushels of peas and beans, 1,626 acres of hay crops, 1,327 bushels of buckwheat, 1,069 bushels of barley, 350 bushels of rye, 155 acres of wheat, 121 acres of potatoes, 85 bushels of corn, 69 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 bushels of other root crops, 16 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,674 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: QC050003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC168010 — 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). "Somerset N, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/somerset-n-qc050003-1881/.