St. Antoine, Quebec (1881 census)

St. Antoine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,540. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.799°N, 73.200°W.

Population

In 1881, St. Antoine had a population of 1,540: 772 male and 768 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

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

• Contrecoeur
• St. Marc
• St. Roch
• Ste. Théodosie

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 1,540 total population, 772 males, 768 females, 499 married persons, 325 families, 250 married males, 249 married females, 60 widowed persons, 45 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 981 single persons under 18, 507 single males under 18, 474 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 234 inhabited houses, 234 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,460 bushels of oats, 33,252 bushels of peas and beans, 11,002 bushels of potatoes, 6,928 bushels of barley, 3,800 bushels of other root crops, 3,115 tons of hay, 2,671 acres of hay crops, 2,035 bushels of spring wheat, 1,600 bushels of corn, 1,568 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 307 acres of wheat, 88 acres of potatoes, 24 bushels of buckwheat, 11 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,540 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: QC066005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911888

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-qc066005-1881/.