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 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 density was 68.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,980 |
| 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 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 379 |
| Number of families | 379 |
| Number of females | 844 |
| Number of males | 841 |
| Number of married females | 278 |
| Number of married males | 278 |
| Number of married persons | 556 |
| Number of widowed females | 43 |
| Number of widowed males | 26 |
| Number of widowed persons | 69 |
| POP TOT | 1,685 |
| Total population | 1,685 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 523 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 537 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,060 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 328 |
| Number of occupied houses | 328 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 14 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,962 |
| Acres of potatoes | 154 |
| Acres of wheat | 917 |
| BAR BU | 3,776 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,776 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,606 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3,735 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3,226 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 70,702 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,627 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 22,810 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 16,566 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 199 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 6,772 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 548 |
| BWT BU | 3,606 |
| CRN BU | 3,226 |
| HAY AC | 2,962 |
| HAY TONS | 4,435 |
| OAT BU | 70,702 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 22,810 |
| POT AC | 154 |
| POT BU | 16,566 |
| RYE BU | 199 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 4,435 |
| WHT AC | 917 |
| WHT SP BU | 6,772 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 523 |
| C UNMD M | 537 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,060 |
| D OCC | 328 |
| FEMALE | 844 |
| GRA BU | 3,735 |
| H INHAB | 328 |
| H UNINH | 14 |
| MALE | 841 |
| MD F | 278 |
| MD M | 278 |
| MD TOT | 556 |
| NUMBER CD | 89 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,627 |
| TUR BU | 548 |
| WID F | 43 |
| WID M | 26 |
| WID TOT | 69 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC089004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC073005— 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. Esprit, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-esprit-qc089004-1881/.