St. Esprit, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Esprit was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,685. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912111. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.905°N, 73.680°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Esprit had a population of 1,685: 841 male and 844 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,820 |
| 1871 | 1,537 |
| 1881 | 1,685 |
| 1891 | 1,419 |
| 1901 | 1,392 |
| 1911 | 1,401 |
| 1921 | 1,504 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Esprit, 1891 (87.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Esprit shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,685 total population, 844 females, 841 males, 556 married persons, 379 families, 278 married females, 278 married males, 69 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 26 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,060 single persons under 18, 537 single males under 18, 523 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 328 inhabited houses, 328 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 70,702 bushels of oats, 22,810 bushels of peas and beans, 16,566 bushels of potatoes, 6,772 bushels of spring wheat, 4,435 tons of hay, 3,776 bushels of barley, 3,735 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3,606 bushels of buckwheat, 3,226 bushels of corn, 2,962 acres of hay crops, 2,627 bushels of other root crops, 917 acres of wheat, 548 bushels of turnips, 199 bushels of rye, 154 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,685 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:
QC089004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC073005_1891— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912111
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. Esprit, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-esprit-qc089004-1881/.