St. Césaire, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Césaire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,064. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911984. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.423°N, 73.003°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Césaire had a population of 4,064: 2,063 male and 2,001 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,737 |
| 1881 | 4,064 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Césaire, 1891 (64.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Césaire shared boundaries with:
- Farnham W-O
- L’Ange Gardien
- St. Césaire, Village
- St. Damase
- St. Jean Baptiste de Rouville
- St. Paul d'Abbotsford
- St. Pie
- Ste. Angèle
- Ste. Brigitte
- Ste. Marie de Monnoir
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,064 total population, 2,063 males, 2,001 females, 1,456 married persons, 873 families, 731 married males, 725 married females, 113 widowed persons, 77 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,495 single persons under 18, 1,296 single males under 18, 1,199 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 508 inhabited houses, 508 occupied houses, 43 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 81,244 bushels of oats, 22,115 bushels of potatoes, 17,754 bushels of peas and beans, 13,991 bushels of barley, 10,793 bushels of other root crops, 9,581 bushels of corn, 8,584 bushels of spring wheat, 8,479 tons of hay, 7,169 acres of hay crops, 1,626 bushels of buckwheat, 1,618 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,028 acres of wheat, 443 bushels of turnips, 263 acres of potatoes, 147 bushels of rye, 33 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,064 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:
QC063008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC063008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911984
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. Césaire, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-c-saire-qc063008-1881/.