St. Augustin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Augustin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,569. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142102. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.756°N, 71.492°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Augustin had a population of 1,569: 765 male and 804 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,569 |
| 1891 | 1,413 |
| 1901 | 1,385 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 1,441 |
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. Augustin 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 1,569 total population, 804 females, 765 males, 460 married persons, 244 families, 231 married males, 229 married females, 72 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 35 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,037 single persons under 18, 538 single females under 18, 499 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 232 inhabited houses, 232 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 44,975 bushels of oats, 30,918 bushels of potatoes, 4,488 tons of hay, 3,316 bushels of buckwheat, 2,975 acres of hay crops, 1,875 bushels of spring wheat, 1,864 bushels of peas and beans, 1,207 bushels of other root crops, 929 bushels of barley, 203 acres of potatoes, 172 acres of wheat, 141 bushels of corn, 83 bushels of turnips, 42 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pilote | 1811–1886 | died here |
| Praxède LaRue | 1823–1902 | died here |
| Georges-Élie Amyot | 1856–1930 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,569 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:
QC081005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC080010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142102
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures
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. Augustin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-augustin-qc081005-1881/.