St. André, Quebec (1881 census)
St. André was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,729. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461776. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.662°N, 69.689°W.
Population
In 1881, St. André had a population of 1,729: 864 male and 865 female residents.
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 became part of St. André & part of Notre-Dame du Portage, 1891 (91.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. André shared boundaries with:
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 1,729 total population, 865 females, 864 males, 502 married persons, 294 families, 251 married females, 251 married males, 49 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,178 single persons under 18, 597 single males under 18, 581 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 213 inhabited houses, 213 occupied houses, 26 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 51,565 bushels of potatoes, 15,240 bushels of oats, 4,561 bushels of spring wheat, 4,024 bushels of rye, 2,843 bushels of barley, 2,666 acres of hay crops, 2,519 tons of hay, 1,039 bushels of peas and beans, 497 bushels of turnips, 394 acres of wheat, 335 acres of potatoes, 109 bushels of other root crops, 67 bushels of buckwheat, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,729 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:
QC042011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461776
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. André, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andr-qc042011-1881/.