St. Arsène, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Arsène was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,467. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461807. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,958 |
| 1861 | 1,680 |
| 1871 | 1,512 |
| 1881 | 1,467 |
| 1891 | 1,213 |
| 1901 | 1,093 |
| 1911 | 1,051 |
| 1921 | 1,072 |
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 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,467 total population, 757 males, 710 females, 400 married persons, 251 families, 201 married males, 199 married females, 41 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,026 single persons under 18, 539 single males under 18, 487 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 191 inhabited houses, 191 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 59,100 bushels of potatoes, 17,160 bushels of oats, 4,938 bushels of spring wheat, 3,330 bushels of rye, 2,488 acres of hay crops, 1,746 tons of hay, 1,439 bushels of barley, 1,002 bushels of other root crops, 946 bushels of peas and beans, 930 bushels of turnips, 379 acres of wheat, 355 acres of potatoes, 169 bushels of buckwheat, 117 bushels of winter wheat, 39 bushels of corn, 17 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 25 barrels of herring or alewives, 9 barrels of other fish, 2 fathoms of fishing nets, 2 gallons of fish oil, 2 fishing boats, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 18 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Luigi | 1837–1910 | born here, buried here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,467 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:
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: Q3461807
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ars%C3%A8ne
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ars%C3%A8ne
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/.