St. Grégoire, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Grégoire was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,164. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.261°N, 72.493°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Grégoire had a population of 2,164: 1,035 male and 1,129 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,164 |
| 1891 | 1,843 |
| 1901 | 1,706 |
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 shared boundaries with:
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 2,164 total population, 1,129 females, 1,035 males, 594 married persons, 301 families, 297 married females, 297 married males, 94 widowed persons, 57 widowed females, 37 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,476 single persons under 18, 775 single females under 18, 701 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 291 inhabited houses, 291 occupied houses, 32 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 58,782 bushels of oats, 17,014 bushels of potatoes, 9,673 bushels of buckwheat, 8,067 tons of hay, 5,583 acres of hay crops, 4,894 bushels of peas and beans, 3,710 bushels of spring wheat, 1,444 bushels of barley, 762 bushels of corn, 611 acres of wheat, 412 bushels of other root crops, 209 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 198 acres of potatoes, 131 bushels of rye, 114 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,164 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:
QC051005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC179012— 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, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-gr-goire-qc051005-1881/.