St. Eloi, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Eloi was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 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 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,193 total population, 627 females, 566 males, 325 married persons, 185 families, 163 married females, 162 married males, 44 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 824 single persons under 18, 440 single females under 18, 384 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 146 inhabited houses, 146 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,063 bushels of potatoes, 11,445 bushels of oats, 4,366 bushels of spring wheat, 3,645 bushels of rye, 1,810 bushels of barley, 1,339 bushels of peas and beans, 1,301 acres of hay crops, 1,174 tons of hay, 732 acres of wheat, 583 bushels of turnips, 474 bushels of buckwheat, 210 acres of potatoes, 109 bushels of other root crops, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 40 fathoms of fishing nets, 25 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 15 barrels of herring or alewives, 10 barrels of other fish, 1 fishing boats, 1 men on fishing boats, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Ernest Lapointe | 1876–1941 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,193 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:
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/.