St. Antoine Abbé, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Antoine Abbé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 829. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911882. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.072°N, 73.855°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Antoine Abbé had a population of 829: 425 male and 404 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 954 |
| 1871 | 1,080 |
| 1881 | 829 |
| 1891 | 585 |
| 1901 | 525 |
| 1911 | 473 |
| 1921 | 385 |
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. Antoine Abbé 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 829 total population, 425 males, 404 females, 265 married persons, 157 families, 133 married males, 132 married females, 31 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 533 single persons under 18, 282 single males under 18, 251 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 139 inhabited houses, 139 occupied houses, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,534 bushels of oats, 5,446 bushels of corn, 5,165 bushels of potatoes, 4,286 bushels of peas and beans, 1,413 bushels of spring wheat, 915 tons of hay, 904 acres of hay crops, 858 bushels of buckwheat, 199 acres of wheat, 115 bushels of barley, 72 acres of potatoes, 13 bushels of other root crops, 11 bushels of turnips, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 829 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:
QC071003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC049001_1861— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911882
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. Antoine Abbé, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-antoine-abb-qc071003-1881/.