St. Gilles, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Gilles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 648. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.499°N, 71.379°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Gilles had a population of 648: 331 male and 317 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,203 |
| 1871 | 1,197 |
| 1881 | 648 |
| 1891 | 631 |
| 1901 | 796 |
| 1911 | 900 |
| 1921 | 808 |
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 St. Gilles, 1871 (71.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Gilles shared boundaries with:
- St. Agapit, VL
- St. Apollinaire
- St. Etienne de Lauzon
- St. Flavien, VL
- St. Lambert
- St. Narcisse
- St. Patrice
- Ste. Agathe
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 648 total population, 331 males, 317 females, 215 married persons, 126 families, 108 married females, 107 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 408 single persons under 18, 213 single males under 18, 195 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 108 inhabited houses, 108 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,021 bushels of oats, 6,777 bushels of potatoes, 2,331 bushels of turnips, 1,751 bushels of buckwheat, 961 acres of hay crops, 899 tons of hay, 383 bushels of barley, 367 bushels of spring wheat, 197 bushels of peas and beans, 63 acres of potatoes, 39 bushels of other root crops, 21 acres of wheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 648 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:
QC049011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912257
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. Gilles, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gilles-qc049011-1881/.