St. François, Quebec (1881 census)
St. François was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,331. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462181. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.058°N, 72.857°W.
Population
In 1881, St. François had a population of 2,331: 1,161 male and 1,170 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,312 |
| 1871 | 2,329 |
| 1881 | 2,331 |
| 1891 | 2,255 |
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 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,331 total population, 1,170 females, 1,161 males, 737 married persons, 372 married males, 371 families, 365 married females, 84 widowed persons, 54 widowed females, 30 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,510 single persons under 18, 759 single males under 18, 751 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 360 occupied houses, 359 inhabited houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 52,174 bushels of oats, 11,366 bushels of potatoes, 8,434 bushels of buckwheat, 7,605 bushels of peas and beans, 2,849 bushels of spring wheat, 2,313 tons of hay, 2,034 bushels of corn, 1,626 acres of hay crops, 699 bushels of rye, 536 bushels of barley, 508 bushels of other root crops, 429 acres of wheat, 258 bushels of turnips, 216 acres of potatoes, 119 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,331 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:
QC057003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462181
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac
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-qc057003-1881/.