St. Etienne, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Etienne was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,119. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463607. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.413°N, 72.762°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Etienne had a population of 3,119: 1,618 male and 1,501 female residents.
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 St. Etienne, 1871 (77.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Etienne shared boundaries with:
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 3,119 total population, 1,618 males, 1,501 females, 1,072 married persons, 617 families, 536 married females, 536 married males, 80 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 34 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,967 single persons under 18, 1,048 single males under 18, 919 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 422 inhabited houses, 422 occupied houses, 39 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 49,920 bushels of oats, 21,885 bushels of potatoes, 7,596 bushels of buckwheat, 6,366 bushels of peas and beans, 4,272 bushels of corn, 1,209 bushels of turnips, 1,012 tons of hay, 996 acres of hay crops, 857 bushels of spring wheat, 248 bushels of rye, 245 bushels of barley, 199 bushels of other root crops, 194 acres of potatoes, 124 acres of wheat, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,119 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:
QC084004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463607
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne-des-Gr%C3%A8s,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne-des-Gr%C3%A8s
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-qc084004-1881/.