Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Temiscouata
St. Arsène, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Arsène was a census subdivision in Temiscouata County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,467. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.914°N, 69.407°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Arsène had a population of 1,467: 757 male and 710 female residents. Population density was 53.1 people per square mile.
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. Arsène shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 251 |
| Number of families | 251 |
| Number of females | 710 |
| Number of males | 757 |
| Number of married females | 199 |
| Number of married males | 201 |
| Number of married persons | 400 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 17 |
| Number of widowed persons | 41 |
| POP TOT | 1,467 |
| Total population | 1,467 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 487 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 539 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,026 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 191 |
| Number of occupied houses | 191 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 12 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,488 |
| Acres of potatoes | 355 |
| Acres of wheat | 379 |
| BAR BU | 1,439 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,439 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 169 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 17 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 39 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 17,160 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,002 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 946 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 59,100 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 3,330 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,938 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 930 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 117 |
| BWT BU | 169 |
| CRN BU | 39 |
| HAY AC | 2,488 |
| HAY TONS | 1,746 |
| OAT BU | 17,160 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 946 |
| POT AC | 355 |
| POT BU | 59,100 |
| RYE BU | 3,330 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,746 |
| WHT AC | 379 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,938 |
| WHT WTR BU | 117 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 25 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 18 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2 |
| Number of fishing boats | 2 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 25 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 2 |
| C UNMD F | 487 |
| C UNMD M | 539 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,026 |
| CD NAME | Temiscouata |
| D OCC | 191 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 710 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2 |
| GRA BU | 17 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 191 |
| H UNINH | 12 |
| MALE | 757 |
| MD F | 199 |
| MD M | 201 |
| MD TOT | 400 |
| NET XX F | 2 |
| NUMBER CD | 41 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 9 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,002 |
| SAR XB Q | 18 |
| SLM XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 930 |
| WID F | 24 |
| WID M | 17 |
| WID TOT | 41 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC041021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Arsène, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ars-ne-qc041021-1881/.