St. Dunstan, Lac Beauport, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Dunstan, Lac Beauport was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 286. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.980°N, 71.295°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Dunstan, Lac Beauport had a population of 286: 142 male and 144 female residents. Population density was 11.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 286 |
| 1891 | 216 |
| 1901 | 228 |
| 1911 | 225 |
| 1921 | 169 |
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. Dunstan, Lac Beauport shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 56 |
| Number of families | 56 |
| Number of females | 144 |
| Number of males | 142 |
| Number of married females | 48 |
| Number of married males | 50 |
| Number of married persons | 98 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 13 |
| POP TOT | 286 |
| Total population | 286 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 88 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 87 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 175 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 56 |
| Number of occupied houses | 56 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 1 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 611 |
| Acres of potatoes | 84 |
| Acres of wheat | 27 |
| BAR BU | 123 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 123 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 137 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 5,499 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 335 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 37 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 10,398 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 282 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 720 |
| BWT BU | 137 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 611 |
| HAY TONS | 591 |
| OAT BU | 5,499 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 37 |
| POT AC | 84 |
| POT BU | 10,398 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 591 |
| WHT AC | 27 |
| WHT SP BU | 282 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 88 |
| C UNMD M | 87 |
| C UNMD TOT | 175 |
| D OCC | 56 |
| FEMALE | 144 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 56 |
| H UNINH | 1 |
| MALE | 142 |
| MD F | 48 |
| MD M | 50 |
| MD TOT | 98 |
| NUMBER CD | 80 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 335 |
| TUR BU | 720 |
| WID F | 8 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 13 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC080003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC081008_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. Dunstan, Lac Beauport, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-dunstan-lac-beauport-qc080003-1881/.