St. André, Quebec (1881 census)
St. André was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,437. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.638°N, 72.535°W.
Population
In 1881, St. André had a population of 1,437: 759 male and 678 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 726 |
| 1881 | 1,437 |
| 1891 | 2,064 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 1,437 total population, 759 males, 678 females, 515 married persons, 277 families, 258 married females, 257 married males, 20 widowed persons, 13 widowed males, 7 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 902 single persons under 18, 489 single males under 18, 413 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 220 inhabited houses, 220 occupied houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,702 bushels of oats, 9,058 bushels of potatoes, 3,857 bushels of peas and beans, 2,012 acres of hay crops, 1,970 tons of hay, 1,621 bushels of turnips, 1,467 bushels of spring wheat, 1,409 bushels of buckwheat, 509 bushels of corn, 301 bushels of barley, 275 bushels of rye, 232 bushels of other root crops, 160 acres of wheat, 151 acres of potatoes, 128 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,437 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:
QC058011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC138002— 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. André, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andr-qc058011-1881/.