St. Andrews, Quebec (1881 census)

St. Andrews was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,387. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q111031682. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.576°N, 74.307°W.

Population

In 1881, St. Andrews had a population of 2,387: 1,137 male and 1,250 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Carillon, Village, 1891 (5.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Andrews, 1891 (94.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, St. Andrews shared boundaries with:

• Chatham
• St. Hermas
• St. Placide

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 2,387 total population, 1,250 females, 1,137 males, 717 married persons, 435 families, 359 married males, 358 married females, 97 widowed persons, 69 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,573 single persons under 18, 823 single females under 18, 750 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 405 inhabited houses, 405 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 47,733 bushels of oats, 40,985 bushels of potatoes, 9,303 bushels of other root crops, 8,920 bushels of peas and beans, 4,398 bushels of corn, 3,848 tons of hay, 3,571 acres of hay crops, 3,067 bushels of turnips, 2,279 bushels of barley, 2,223 bushels of spring wheat, 2,155 bushels of buckwheat, 336 acres of wheat, 248 acres of potatoes, 174 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 41 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,387 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: QC096002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q111031682
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Andr%C3%A9-Est

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. Andrews, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-andrews-qc096002-1881/.