St. Epiphane, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Epiphane was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,337. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815214. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.872°N, 69.269°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Epiphane had a population of 1,337: 689 male and 648 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,337 |
| 1891 | 1,158 |
| 1901 | 1,278 |
| 1911 | 1,511 |
| 1921 | 1,716 |
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 was contained in Viger, Demers, 1871 (55.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Epiphane shared boundaries with:
- Isle Verte
- St. Arsène
- St. Clément
- St. François-Xavier & St. Hubert
- St. Honoré
- St. Modeste
- St. Paul de la Croix
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 1,337 total population, 689 males, 648 females, 396 married persons, 216 families, 198 married females, 198 married males, 27 widowed persons, 17 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 914 single persons under 18, 481 single males under 18, 433 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 173 inhabited houses, 173 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 31,080 bushels of potatoes, 7,881 bushels of oats, 3,451 bushels of spring wheat, 3,193 bushels of rye, 1,839 bushels of peas and beans, 1,834 acres of hay crops, 1,804 bushels of barley, 1,444 tons of hay, 1,179 bushels of buckwheat, 473 acres of wheat, 333 bushels of other root crops, 230 bushels of turnips, 196 acres of potatoes, 39 bushels of winter wheat, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Georges-Honoré Deschênes | 1841–1892 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,337 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:
QC041009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q106815214
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. Epiphane, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-epiphane-qc041009-1881/.