St. David, Quebec (1881 census)
St. David was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,106. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462051. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.934°N, 72.839°W.
Population
In 1881, St. David had a population of 3,106: 1,580 male and 1,526 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,159 |
| 1861 | 3,925 |
| 1871 | 2,934 |
| 1881 | 3,106 |
| 1891 | 2,312 |
| 1911 | 1,911 |
| 1921 | 1,618 |
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. David 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 3,106 total population, 1,580 males, 1,526 females, 1,076 married persons, 588 families, 540 married males, 536 married females, 86 widowed persons, 59 widowed females, 27 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,944 single persons under 18, 1,013 single males under 18, 931 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 414 inhabited houses, 414 occupied houses, 73 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 49,429 bushels of oats, 11,981 bushels of potatoes, 11,520 bushels of peas and beans, 6,852 bushels of buckwheat, 3,161 bushels of spring wheat, 3,038 tons of hay, 2,030 acres of hay crops, 1,931 bushels of corn, 1,140 bushels of barley, 785 bushels of turnips, 593 acres of wheat, 303 bushels of other root crops, 292 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 171 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,106 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:
QC057008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC100005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462051
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-David,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-David_(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. David, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-david-qc057008-1881/.