St. François de Sales, Quebec (1881 census)
St. François de Sales was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 905. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.678°N, 73.627°W.
Population
In 1881, St. François de Sales had a population of 905: 456 male and 449 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 905 |
| 1891 | 808 |
| 1901 | 857 |
| 1911 | — |
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. François de Sales 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 905 total population, 456 males, 449 females, 279 married persons, 160 families, 141 married males, 138 married females, 25 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 11 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 601 single persons under 18, 301 single males under 18, 300 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 149 inhabited houses, 149 occupied houses, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 30,797 bushels of oats, 21,535 bushels of potatoes, 13,492 bushels of peas and beans, 6,995 bushels of other root crops, 1,789 tons of hay, 1,528 bushels of spring wheat, 1,355 bushels of buckwheat, 1,349 acres of hay crops, 1,349 bushels of barley, 587 bushels of corn, 346 bushels of turnips, 241 acres of wheat, 165 acres of potatoes, 98 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 96 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 905 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:
QC093006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC168006— 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. François de Sales, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-de-sales-qc093006-1881/.