St. Eustache, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Eustache was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,981. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141505. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.570°N, 73.933°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Eustache had a population of 1,981: 999 male and 982 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,987 |
| 1881 | 1,981 |
| 1891 | 1,796 |
| 1901 | 1,685 |
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. Eustache shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,981 total population, 999 males, 982 females, 634 married persons, 354 families, 317 married females, 317 married males, 77 widowed persons, 49 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,270 single persons under 18, 654 single males under 18, 616 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 324 inhabited houses, 324 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 78,120 bushels of potatoes, 75,974 bushels of oats, 10,122 bushels of peas and beans, 4,798 bushels of buckwheat, 4,478 bushels of spring wheat, 3,626 tons of hay, 3,272 bushels of corn, 3,114 acres of hay crops, 3,078 bushels of other root crops, 1,598 bushels of barley, 741 acres of wheat, 651 acres of potatoes, 381 bushels of turnips, 223 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 102 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Louis Archambault | 1829–1906 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,981 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:
QC095005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC151006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141505
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Eustache,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Eustache_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Eustache, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-eustache-qc095005-1881/.