St. Elie, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Elie was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 797. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.516°N, 72.990°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Elie had a population of 797: 402 male and 395 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 472 |
| 1881 | 797 |
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. Elie 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 | 143 |
| Number of families | 143 |
| Number of females | 395 |
| Number of males | 402 |
| Number of married females | 139 |
| Number of married males | 139 |
| Number of married persons | 278 |
| Number of widowed females | 14 |
| Number of widowed males | 3 |
| Number of widowed persons | 17 |
| POP TOT | 797 |
| Total population | 797 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 242 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 260 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 502 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 127 |
| Number of occupied houses | 127 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 427 |
| Acres of potatoes | 46 |
| Acres of wheat | 43 |
| BAR BU | 310 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 310 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 5,787 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 432 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 17,856 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 187 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,773 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,483 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 69 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 376 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,020 |
| BWT BU | 5,787 |
| CRN BU | 432 |
| HAY AC | 427 |
| HAY TONS | 336 |
| OAT BU | 17,856 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,773 |
| POT AC | 46 |
| POT BU | 3,483 |
| RYE BU | 69 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 336 |
| WHT AC | 43 |
| WHT SP BU | 376 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 242 |
| C UNMD M | 260 |
| C UNMD TOT | 502 |
| D OCC | 127 |
| FEMALE | 395 |
| GRA BU | 18 |
| H INHAB | 127 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| MALE | 402 |
| MD F | 139 |
| MD M | 139 |
| MD TOT | 278 |
| NUMBER CD | 84 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 187 |
| TUR BU | 1,020 |
| WID F | 14 |
| WID M | 3 |
| WID TOT | 17 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC084005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084005— 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. Elie, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-elie-qc084005-1881/.