St. Colomb de Sillery, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Colomb de Sillery was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,277. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3483898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.779°N, 71.255°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Colomb de Sillery had a population of 3,277: 1,622 male and 1,655 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 3,277 |
| 1891 | 2,663 |
| 1901 | 2,069 |
| 1911 | 1,969 |
| 1921 | 2,116 |
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. Colomb de Sillery 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 3,277 total population, 1,655 females, 1,622 males, 1,001 married persons, 637 families, 501 married females, 500 married males, 178 widowed persons, 123 widowed females, 55 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,098 single persons under 18, 1,067 single males under 18, 1,031 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 582 occupied houses, 581 inhabited houses, 67 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,650 bushels of potatoes, 6,484 bushels of other root crops, 2,524 bushels of turnips, 765 bushels of oats, 293 tons of hay, 227 acres of hay crops, 85 bushels of spring wheat, 63 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of corn, 42 bushels of peas and beans, 10 bushels of barley, 4 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 9 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sir James Macpherson Le Moine | 1825–1912 | died here |
| Charles-Alphonse-Pantaléon Pelletier | 1837–1911 | died here |
| Sir F. (François) Langelier | 1838–1915 | died here |
| Evan John Price | 1840–1899 | born and died here |
| Philomène Labrecque | 1852–1920 | died here |
| Pierre-Évariste LeBlanc | 1853–1918 | died here |
| Charles Huot | 1855–1930 | died here |
| Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 1862–1924 | died here |
| Marie-Clément Staub | 1876–1936 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,277 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:
QC080009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3483898
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sillery,_Quebec_City
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sillery_(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. Colomb de Sillery, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-colomb-de-sillery-qc080009-1881/.