St. Gabriel W-O, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Gabriel W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 777. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.061°N, 71.618°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Gabriel W-O had a population of 777: 404 male and 373 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 960 |
| 1881 | 777 |
| 1891 | 600 |
| 1901 | 478 |
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. Gabriel W-O shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 777 total population, 404 males, 373 females, 194 married persons, 121 families, 97 married females, 97 married males, 25 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 558 single persons under 18, 296 single males under 18, 262 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 121 inhabited houses, 121 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 56,197 bushels of potatoes, 40,989 bushels of oats, 1,621 acres of hay crops, 1,355 tons of hay, 1,261 bushels of turnips, 727 bushels of spring wheat, 540 bushels of buckwheat, 348 acres of potatoes, 155 bushels of other root crops, 104 bushels of barley, 50 acres of wheat, 35 bushels of peas and beans, 1 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 777 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:
QC080010— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC185011— 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 W-O, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gabriel-w-o-qc080010-1881/.