St. Alphonse, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Alphonse was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,071. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.364°N, 70.908°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Alphonse had a population of 1,071: 560 male and 511 female residents. Population density was 21.1 people per square mile.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Alphonse shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 66 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 153 |
| Number of families | 153 |
| Number of females | 511 |
| Number of males | 560 |
| Number of married females | 162 |
| Number of married males | 159 |
| Number of married persons | 321 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 31 |
| POP TOT | 1,071 |
| Total population | 1,071 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 331 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 388 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 719 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 130 |
| Number of occupied houses | 130 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 24 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,237 |
| Acres of potatoes | 126 |
| Acres of wheat | 986 |
| BAR BU | 2,260 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,260 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,046 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 17,022 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 377 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 3,926 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 18,939 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 9,157 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,329 |
| BWT BU | 1,046 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 1,237 |
| HAY TONS | 1,229 |
| OAT BU | 17,022 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 3,926 |
| POT AC | 126 |
| POT BU | 18,939 |
| RYE BU | 50 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,229 |
| WHT AC | 986 |
| WHT SP BU | 9,157 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 331 |
| C UNMD M | 388 |
| C UNMD TOT | 719 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| D OCC | 130 |
| FEMALE | 511 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 130 |
| H UNINH | 24 |
| MALE | 560 |
| MD F | 162 |
| MD M | 159 |
| MD TOT | 321 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 377 |
| TUR BU | 1,329 |
| WID F | 18 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 31 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076015— 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). "St. Alphonse, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-alphonse-qc076015-1881/.