St. Gédéon, VL, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Gédéon, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 654. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138779669. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.528°N, 71.858°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Gédéon, VL had a population of 654: 348 male and 306 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 654 |
| 1891 | 966 |
| 1901 | 1,155 |
| 1911 | 1,309 |
| 1921 | 550 |
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 Hébertville, 1871 (19.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Gédéon, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 654 total population, 348 males, 306 females, 208 married persons, 110 families, 104 married females, 104 married males, 12 widowed persons, 9 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 434 single persons under 18, 241 single males under 18, 193 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 109 inhabited houses, 109 occupied houses, 16 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,401 bushels of potatoes, 5,025 bushels of spring wheat, 4,044 bushels of oats, 2,694 bushels of peas and beans, 2,263 bushels of barley, 718 bushels of turnips, 491 bushels of buckwheat, 376 acres of wheat, 251 tons of hay, 213 bushels of rye, 133 acres of hay crops, 78 bushels of other root crops, 41 acres of potatoes, 38 bushels of corn, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 62 barrels of other fish, 12 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 10 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 654 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:
QC076023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC063033— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138779669
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. Gédéon, VL, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-g-d-on-vl-qc076023-1881/.