St. Etienne, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Etienne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,037. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463598. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.235°N, 73.901°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Etienne had a population of 1,037: 552 male and 485 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,097 |
| 1881 | 1,037 |
| 1891 | 982 |
| 1901 | 873 |
| 1911 | 760 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Etienne 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 1,037 total population, 552 males, 485 females, 351 married persons, 205 families, 176 married males, 175 married females, 37 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 649 single persons under 18, 360 single males under 18, 289 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 177 inhabited houses, 177 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 43,927 bushels of peas and beans, 34,626 bushels of oats, 18,629 bushels of potatoes, 8,126 bushels of barley, 2,614 bushels of spring wheat, 2,134 bushels of other root crops, 1,658 acres of hay crops, 1,483 tons of hay, 977 bushels of buckwheat, 522 acres of wheat, 381 bushels of rye, 377 bushels of corn, 285 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 123 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,037 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:
QC073006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC145003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463598
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Beauharnois
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne-de-Beauharnois
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. Etienne, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-etienne-qc073006-1881/.