St. Barthélémy, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Barthélémy was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,812. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.215°N, 73.166°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Barthélémy had a population of 2,812: 1,423 male and 1,389 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,291 |
| 1861 | 2,429 |
| 1871 | 2,509 |
| 1881 | 2,812 |
| 1891 | 2,527 |
| 1901 | 2,562 |
| 1911 | 2,591 |
| 1921 | 2,382 |
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. Barthélémy shared boundaries with:
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 2,812 total population, 1,423 males, 1,389 females, 923 married persons, 651 families, 464 married males, 459 married females, 103 widowed persons, 58 widowed females, 45 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,786 single persons under 18, 914 single males under 18, 872 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 377 inhabited houses, 377 occupied houses, 18 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 67,265 bushels of oats, 23,946 bushels of potatoes, 21,424 bushels of peas and beans, 9,160 tons of hay, 7,137 bushels of buckwheat, 4,454 acres of hay crops, 3,330 bushels of spring wheat, 2,615 bushels of barley, 2,575 bushels of other root crops, 1,180 bushels of corn, 376 acres of wheat, 254 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 230 acres of potatoes, 16 bushels of rye, 15 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Louis-Zéphirin Gauthier | 1842–1922 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,813 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:
QC086006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC043005_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3461850
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Barth%C3%A9lemy_(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. Barthélémy, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-barth-l-my-qc086006-1881/.