St. David de l'Aube Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)
St. David de l'Aube Rivière was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 935. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.762°N, 71.186°W.
Population
In 1881, St. David de l'Aube Rivière had a population of 935: 459 male and 476 female residents.
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 Notre-Dame de la Victoire, 1871 (45.0% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Télesphore, 1891 (30.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. David de l'Auberivière, 1891 (69.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. David de l'Aube Rivière shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 935 total population, 476 females, 459 males, 280 married persons, 181 families, 140 married females, 140 married males, 38 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 617 single persons under 18, 311 single females under 18, 306 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 139 inhabited houses, 139 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,794 bushels of oats, 5,988 bushels of potatoes, 866 tons of hay, 741 acres of hay crops, 419 bushels of spring wheat, 358 bushels of turnips, 297 bushels of barley, 244 bushels of buckwheat, 179 bushels of peas and beans, 113 bushels of other root crops, 68 acres of potatoes, 35 acres of wheat, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of corn, 20 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 935 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:
QC046006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC046006_1881_1881— 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. David de l'Aube Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-david-de-l-aube-rivi-re-qc046006-1881/.