St. Cyprien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Cyprien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,887. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462008. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.179°N, 73.402°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Cyprien had a population of 1,887: 926 male and 961 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,887 |
| 1891 | 1,703 |
| 1901 | 1,421 |
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. Cyprien 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 1,887 total population, 961 females, 926 males, 629 married persons, 341 families, 315 married females, 314 married males, 63 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,195 single persons under 18, 602 single females under 18, 593 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 313 inhabited houses, 313 occupied houses, 53 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 70,999 bushels of oats, 19,613 bushels of potatoes, 11,822 bushels of peas and beans, 10,125 bushels of buckwheat, 5,670 acres of hay crops, 5,333 bushels of corn, 4,183 tons of hay, 3,149 bushels of spring wheat, 2,020 bushels of barley, 1,629 bushels of other root crops, 1,526 bushels of turnips, 622 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 487 acres of wheat, 170 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,887 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:
QC070006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC161008— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462008
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
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. Cyprien, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-cyprien-qc070006-1881/.