St. Didace, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Didace was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,403. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462088. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.349°N, 73.228°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Didace had a population of 2,403: 1,224 male and 1,179 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 689 |
| 1861 | 1,654 |
| 1871 | 2,055 |
| 1881 | 2,403 |
| 1891 | 1,954 |
| 1901 | 1,499 |
| 1911 | 1,463 |
| 1921 | 1,050 |
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. Didace shared boundaries with:
- Hunterstown
- Mastigoche
- St. Alexis des Monts
- St. Barthélémy
- St. Gabriel de Brandon
- St. Justin
- Ste. Ursule
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 2,403 total population, 1,224 males, 1,179 females, 839 married persons, 492 families, 421 married males, 418 married females, 60 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,504 single persons under 18, 775 single males under 18, 729 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 403 occupied houses, 402 inhabited houses, 45 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 31,964 bushels of oats, 10,147 bushels of potatoes, 5,761 bushels of buckwheat, 5,452 bushels of peas and beans, 2,573 bushels of spring wheat, 1,423 tons of hay, 1,238 acres of hay crops, 761 bushels of corn, 653 bushels of barley, 519 bushels of rye, 383 bushels of turnips, 276 acres of wheat, 246 bushels of other root crops, 133 acres of potatoes, 20 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,403 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:
QC085010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC069006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462088
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Didace
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Didace
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. Didace, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-didace-qc085010-1881/.