St. Eloi, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Eloi was a census subdivision in Temiscouata County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,193. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106814642. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.031°N, 69.194°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Eloi had a population of 1,193: 566 male and 627 female residents. Population density was 46.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,170 |
| 1861 | 1,397 |
| 1871 | 1,134 |
| 1881 | 1,193 |
| 1891 | 913 |
| 1901 | 970 |
| 1911 | 929 |
| 1921 | 900 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 contained St. Eloi, 1871 (79.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Eloi shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 185 |
| Number of families | 185 |
| Number of females | 627 |
| Number of males | 566 |
| Number of married females | 163 |
| Number of married males | 162 |
| Number of married persons | 325 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 44 |
| POP TOT | 1,193 |
| Total population | 1,193 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 440 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 384 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 824 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 146 |
| Number of occupied houses | 146 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 27 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,301 |
| Acres of potatoes | 210 |
| Acres of wheat | 732 |
| BAR BU | 1,810 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,810 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 474 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 11,445 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 109 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,339 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 36,063 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 3,645 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,366 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 583 |
| BWT BU | 474 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 1,301 |
| HAY TONS | 1,174 |
| OAT BU | 11,445 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,339 |
| POT AC | 210 |
| POT BU | 36,063 |
| RYE BU | 3,645 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,174 |
| WHT AC | 732 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,366 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 40 |
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 1 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 1 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 25 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 15 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 1 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 440 |
| C UNMD M | 384 |
| C UNMD TOT | 824 |
| CD NAME | Temiscouata |
| D OCC | 146 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 1 |
| FEMALE | 627 |
| GRA BU | 7 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 146 |
| H UNINH | 27 |
| HAD DX K | 25 |
| MALE | 566 |
| MD F | 163 |
| MD M | 162 |
| MD TOT | 325 |
| NET XX F | 40 |
| NUMBER CD | 41 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 10 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 109 |
| SAR XB Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 583 |
| WID F | 24 |
| WID M | 20 |
| WID TOT | 44 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC041011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q106814642
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. Eloi, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-eloi-qc041011-1881/.