St. Charles, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Charles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,043. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911987. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.656°N, 73.151°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Charles had a population of 1,043: 514 male and 529 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,043 |
| 1891 | 989 |
| 1901 | 931 |
| 1911 | 889 |
| 1921 | 773 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Charles, 1871 (85.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Charles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,043 total population, 529 females, 514 males, 334 married persons, 200 families, 167 married females, 167 married males, 47 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 662 single persons under 18, 334 single females under 18, 328 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 190 inhabited houses, 190 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 31,031 bushels of oats, 13,079 bushels of barley, 8,406 bushels of peas and beans, 7,746 bushels of potatoes, 2,167 bushels of other root crops, 1,302 bushels of spring wheat, 1,301 tons of hay, 1,164 acres of hay crops, 736 bushels of corn, 591 bushels of buckwheat, 222 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 168 acres of wheat, 108 acres of potatoes, 29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste Gosselin | 1843–1918 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,043 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:
QC062008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112911987
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. Charles, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-qc062008-1881/.