St. François-Xavier & St. Hubert, Quebec (1881 census)
St. François-Xavier & St. Hubert was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 922. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.796°N, 69.148°W.
Population
In 1881, St. François-Xavier & St. Hubert had a population of 922: 470 male and 452 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 922 |
| 1891 | 860 |
| 1901 | 1,395 |
| 1911 | 1,509 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Viger, Demers, 1871 (39.4% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. François-Xavier & St. Hubert shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 922 total population, 470 males, 452 females, 288 married persons, 170 families, 145 married males, 143 married females, 22 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 612 single persons under 18, 315 single males under 18, 297 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 131 inhabited houses, 131 occupied houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,498 bushels of potatoes, 3,473 bushels of barley, 2,406 bushels of rye, 1,532 bushels of turnips, 1,341 bushels of oats, 1,113 bushels of spring wheat, 1,006 acres of hay crops, 961 bushels of buckwheat, 665 tons of hay, 533 bushels of peas and beans, 328 bushels of other root crops, 98 acres of wheat, 90 acres of potatoes, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 150 fathoms of fishing nets, 25 quintals of cod, 8 barrels of trout, 4 barrels of herring or alewives, 4 men on fishing boats, 2 barrels of mackerel, 1 barrels of salmon, 1 gallons of fish oil, 1 fishing boats, 1 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 3 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 922 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:
QC041010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC201015— 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-Xavier & St. Hubert, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-fran-ois-xavier-st-hubert-qc041010-1881/.