St. Barnabé, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Barnabé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,976. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461843. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.414°N, 72.876°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Barnabé had a population of 1,976: 997 male and 979 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,639 |
| 1881 | 1,976 |
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. Barnabé 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 1,976 total population, 997 males, 979 females, 672 married persons, 349 families, 337 married females, 335 married males, 29 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,275 single persons under 18, 649 single males under 18, 626 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 306 inhabited houses, 306 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 80,750 bushels of oats, 13,460 bushels of peas and beans, 11,140 bushels of buckwheat, 9,808 bushels of potatoes, 3,103 bushels of spring wheat, 2,575 tons of hay, 2,175 acres of hay crops, 1,909 bushels of other root crops, 1,755 bushels of barley, 727 bushels of corn, 423 bushels of turnips, 336 acres of wheat, 123 acres of potatoes, 60 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 44 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,976 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:
QC084008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461843
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barnab%C3%A9,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barnab%C3%A9_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Barnabé, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barnab-qc084008-1881/.