St. Gabriel, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Gabriel, Village was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,506. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.478°N, 73.562°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Gabriel, Village had a population of 4,506: 2,252 male and 2,254 female residents.
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 Montréal, Paroisse, 1871 (4.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Gabriel, Village shared boundaries with:
- Côte St. Paul, Village
- Montréal, Ste. Anne’s, Ward—Quartier
- St. Henri, Town—Ville
- Ste. Cunégonde, City—Cité
- Verdun, Village
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 892 |
| Number of families | 892 |
| Number of females | 2,254 |
| Number of males | 2,252 |
| Number of married females | 803 |
| Number of married males | 814 |
| Number of married persons | 1,617 |
| Number of widowed females | 96 |
| Number of widowed males | 51 |
| Number of widowed persons | 147 |
| POP TOT | 4,506 |
| Total population | 4,506 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,355 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,387 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,742 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 865 |
| Number of occupied houses | 865 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 101 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 30 |
| Acres of potatoes | 4 |
| BAR BU | 100 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 100 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 300 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,010 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 778 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 10 |
| CRN BU | 13 |
| HAY AC | 30 |
| HAY TONS | 19 |
| OAT BU | 300 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 8 |
| POT AC | 4 |
| POT BU | 778 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 19 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 1,355 |
| C UNMD M | 1,387 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,742 |
| D OCC | 865 |
| FEMALE | 2,254 |
| H CON | 9 |
| H INHAB | 865 |
| H UNINH | 101 |
| MALE | 2,252 |
| MD F | 803 |
| MD M | 814 |
| MD TOT | 1,617 |
| NUMBER CD | 91 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,010 |
| TUR BU | 10 |
| WID F | 96 |
| WID M | 51 |
| WID TOT | 147 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC091008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091008— 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. Gabriel, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-village-qc091008-1881/.