St. Antoine, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,786. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q932023. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.641°N, 71.549°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Antoine had a population of 1,786: 865 male and 921 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,000 |
| 1871 | 1,809 |
| 1881 | 1,786 |
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 St. Antoine de Tilly, 1891 (91.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Antoine 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 1,786 total population, 921 females, 865 males, 512 married persons, 275 families, 257 married males, 255 married females, 76 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,198 single persons under 18, 620 single females under 18, 578 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 268 inhabited houses, 268 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 39,655 bushels of oats, 31,305 bushels of potatoes, 2,379 acres of hay crops, 2,275 bushels of peas and beans, 2,194 bushels of buckwheat, 2,157 tons of hay, 1,934 bushels of other root crops, 1,685 bushels of spring wheat, 1,395 bushels of turnips, 1,030 bushels of rye, 688 bushels of barley, 330 acres of potatoes, 297 bushels of corn, 193 acres of wheat, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Praxède LaRue | 1823–1902 | born here |
| James King | b. 1848 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,786 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:
QC049008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC049008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q932023
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, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-antoine-qc049008-1881/.