St. François, Quebec (1881 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,625. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462178. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.863°N, 70.704°W.
Population
In 1881, St. François had a population of 1,625: 790 male and 835 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,890 |
| 1871 | 1,613 |
| 1881 | 1,625 |
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 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 1,625 total population, 835 females, 790 males, 464 married persons, 295 families, 233 married females, 231 married males, 80 widowed persons, 52 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,081 single persons under 18, 550 single females under 18, 531 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 256 inhabited houses, 256 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 34,533 bushels of potatoes, 34,276 bushels of oats, 4,865 bushels of spring wheat, 4,428 tons of hay, 3,663 acres of hay crops, 2,179 bushels of buckwheat, 1,410 bushels of barley, 1,313 bushels of other root crops, 1,050 bushels of rye, 704 bushels of peas and beans, 452 acres of wheat, 376 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 231 acres of potatoes, 115 bushels of turnips, 42 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,625 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:
QC044004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC044004_1861— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462178
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-qc044004-1881/.