St. Aimé, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Aimé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,254. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461692. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.911°N, 72.957°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Aimé had a population of 2,254: 1,123 male and 1,131 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 4,310 |
| 1861 | 3,368 |
| 1871 | 3,150 |
| 1881 | 2,254 |
| 1891 | 2,481 |
| 1901 | 1,967 |
| 1911 | 1,088 |
| 1921 | 879 |
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. Aimé, 1871 (71.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Aimé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,254 total population, 1,131 females, 1,123 males, 731 married persons, 405 families, 367 married males, 364 married females, 79 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,444 single persons under 18, 731 single males under 18, 713 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 319 inhabited houses, 319 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 81,994 bushels of oats, 12,827 bushels of potatoes, 5,843 bushels of buckwheat, 4,046 bushels of spring wheat, 4,014 bushels of peas and beans, 3,025 tons of hay, 2,499 acres of hay crops, 2,073 bushels of corn, 1,737 bushels of barley, 909 bushels of other root crops, 609 bushels of turnips, 544 bushels of rye, 450 acres of wheat, 367 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 167 acres of potatoes, 13 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,255 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:
QC061006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC082001_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461692
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Aim%C3%A9,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Aim%C3%A9
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). "St. Aimé, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-aim-qc061006-1881/.