St. Anselme, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Anselme was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,206. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911875. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.632°N, 70.967°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Anselme had a population of 2,206: 1,123 male and 1,083 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,206 |
| 1891 | 2,002 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Anselme, 1871 (92.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Anselme shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,206 total population, 1,123 males, 1,083 females, 683 married persons, 390 families, 343 married males, 340 married females, 86 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 41 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,437 single persons under 18, 739 single males under 18, 698 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 358 inhabited houses, 358 occupied houses, 39 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 53,131 bushels of oats, 27,566 bushels of potatoes, 5,040 bushels of other root crops, 4,702 acres of hay crops, 4,084 bushels of buckwheat, 3,472 tons of hay, 3,224 bushels of turnips, 2,890 bushels of spring wheat, 1,276 bushels of peas and beans, 1,019 bushels of barley, 919 bushels of rye, 269 acres of wheat, 256 acres of potatoes, 176 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 99 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Napoléon Larochelle | 1834–1890 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,206 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:
QC047007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC152001_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911875
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. Anselme, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-anselme-qc047007-1881/.