St. Etienne, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Etienne was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,119. 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 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 617 |
| Number of families | 617 |
| Number of females | 1,501 |
| Number of males | 1,618 |
| Number of married females | 536 |
| Number of married males | 536 |
| Number of married persons | 1,072 |
| Number of widowed females | 46 |
| Number of widowed males | 34 |
| Number of widowed persons | 80 |
| POP TOT | 3,119 |
| Total population | 3,119 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 919 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,048 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,967 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 422 |
| Number of occupied houses | 422 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 39 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 996 |
| Acres of potatoes | 194 |
| Acres of wheat | 124 |
| BAR BU | 245 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 245 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 7,596 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 25 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4,272 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 49,920 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 199 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 6,366 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 21,885 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 248 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 857 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,209 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 10 |
| BWT BU | 7,596 |
| CRN BU | 4,272 |
| HAY AC | 996 |
| HAY TONS | 1,012 |
| OAT BU | 49,920 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 6,366 |
| POT AC | 194 |
| POT BU | 21,885 |
| RYE BU | 248 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,012 |
| WHT AC | 124 |
| WHT SP BU | 857 |
| WHT WTR BU | 10 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 919 |
| C UNMD M | 1,048 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,967 |
| D OCC | 422 |
| FEMALE | 1,501 |
| GRA BU | 25 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 422 |
| H UNINH | 39 |
| MALE | 1,618 |
| MD F | 536 |
| MD M | 536 |
| MD TOT | 1,072 |
| NUMBER CD | 84 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 199 |
| TUR BU | 1,209 |
| WID F | 46 |
| WID M | 34 |
| WID TOT | 80 |
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: 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. Etienne, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-etienne-qc084004-1881/.