St. Damien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Damien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,170. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.336°N, 73.488°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Damien had a population of 1,170: 596 male and 574 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,170 |
| 1891 | 1,163 |
| 1901 | 1,194 |
| 1911 | 1,274 |
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. Gabriel, St. Damien, 1871 (14.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Damien shared boundaries with:
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 1,170 total population, 596 males, 574 females, 379 married persons, 227 families, 190 married females, 189 married males, 19 widowed persons, 13 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 772 single persons under 18, 401 single males under 18, 371 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 160 inhabited houses, 160 occupied houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 19,107 bushels of oats, 6,808 bushels of potatoes, 3,435 bushels of peas and beans, 2,950 bushels of buckwheat, 1,473 bushels of spring wheat, 1,120 acres of hay crops, 1,024 tons of hay, 593 bushels of other root crops, 497 bushels of corn, 331 bushels of barley, 276 bushels of rye, 179 acres of wheat, 138 bushels of turnips, 131 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 94 acres of potatoes, 7 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,170 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:
QC086010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC147006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.
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. Damien, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-damien-qc086010-1881/.