St. Grégoire le Grand, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Grégoire le Grand was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,751. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.331°N, 73.149°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Grégoire le Grand had a population of 1,751: 885 male and 866 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,751 |
| 1891 | 1,377 |
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. Grégoire le Grand shared boundaries with:
- Richelieu (Village), N.-D. de Bonsecours
- St. Alexandre
- St. Athanase
- Ste. Angèle
- Ste. Brigitte
- Ste. Marie de Monnoir
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,751 total population, 885 males, 866 females, 513 married persons, 311 families, 257 married females, 256 married males, 47 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,191 single persons under 18, 607 single males under 18, 584 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 228 inhabited houses, 228 occupied houses, 52 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 45,425 bushels of oats, 9,822 bushels of potatoes, 6,023 acres of hay crops, 4,586 bushels of peas and beans, 4,478 bushels of spring wheat, 4,048 tons of hay, 4,001 bushels of corn, 3,599 bushels of barley, 1,340 bushels of buckwheat, 588 acres of wheat, 130 acres of potatoes, 121 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 107 bushels of rye, 29 bushels of turnips, 11 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,751 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:
QC064003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC157007— 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. Grégoire le Grand, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gr-goire-le-grand-qc064003-1881/.