St. Bonaventure, Quebec (1881 census)

St. Bonaventure was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,063. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3461897. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.958°N, 72.672°W.

Population

In 1881, St. Bonaventure had a population of 1,063: 533 male and 530 female residents.

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. Bonaventure shared boundaries with:

• Grantham
• St. David
• St. Germain
• St. Guillaume, VL
• St. Pie de Guire

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 1,063 total population, 533 males, 530 females, 362 married persons, 187 families, 182 married males, 180 married females, 24 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 677 single persons under 18, 342 single males under 18, 335 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 170 inhabited houses, 170 occupied houses, 36 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 29,326 bushels of oats, 5,969 bushels of potatoes, 5,601 bushels of peas and beans, 2,549 bushels of spring wheat, 1,662 bushels of buckwheat, 1,070 tons of hay, 863 acres of hay crops, 489 bushels of corn, 393 bushels of turnips, 338 acres of wheat, 287 bushels of other root crops, 251 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 121 bushels of barley, 65 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,063 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: QC052004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC153009 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3461897
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bonaventure,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Bonaventure

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. Bonaventure, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bonaventure-qc052004-1881/.