St. Ambroise, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Ambroise was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,513. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.874°N, 71.411°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Ambroise had a population of 3,513: 1,727 male and 1,786 female residents. Population density was 59.8 people per square mile.
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Ambroise, Village, 1891 (4.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Ambroise shared boundaries with:
- Ancienne Lorette
- Charlesbourg
- Québec, St. Roch S
- St. Edmond de Stoneham
- St. Gabriel de Valcartier
- Ste. Catherine
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 696 |
| Number of families | 696 |
| Number of females | 1,786 |
| Number of males | 1,727 |
| Number of married females | 603 |
| Number of married males | 601 |
| Number of married persons | 1,204 |
| Number of widowed females | 95 |
| Number of widowed males | 65 |
| Number of widowed persons | 160 |
| POP TOT | 3,513 |
| Total population | 3,513 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,088 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,061 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,149 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 578 |
| Number of occupied houses | 578 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 30 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,285 |
| Acres of potatoes | 372 |
| Acres of wheat | 40 |
| BAR BU | 698 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 698 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,387 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 20 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 796 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 41,606 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 4,557 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 973 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 51,131 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 200 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,432 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 179 |
| BWT BU | 1,387 |
| CRN BU | 796 |
| HAY AC | 3,285 |
| HAY TONS | 4,559 |
| OAT BU | 41,606 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 973 |
| POT AC | 372 |
| POT BU | 51,131 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,559 |
| WHT AC | 40 |
| WHT SP BU | 200 |
| WHT WTR BU | 179 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 1,088 |
| C UNMD M | 1,061 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,149 |
| D OCC | 578 |
| FEMALE | 1,786 |
| GRA BU | 20 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 578 |
| H UNINH | 30 |
| MALE | 1,727 |
| MD F | 603 |
| MD M | 601 |
| MD TOT | 1,204 |
| NUMBER CD | 80 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 4,557 |
| TUR BU | 2,432 |
| WID F | 95 |
| WID M | 65 |
| WID TOT | 160 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC080006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC080006— 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. Ambroise, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ambroise-qc080006-1881/.