St. Guillaume, VL, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Guillaume, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,751. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q138103957. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.879°N, 72.763°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Guillaume, VL had a population of 2,751: 1,382 male and 1,369 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,532 |
| 1881 | 2,751 |
| 1891 | 2,821 |
| 1911 | 905 |
| 1921 | 937 |
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. Guillaume, VL shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,751 total population, 1,382 males, 1,369 females, 921 married persons, 528 families, 463 married males, 458 married females, 88 widowed persons, 46 widowed females, 42 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,742 single persons under 18, 877 single males under 18, 865 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 486 inhabited houses, 486 occupied houses, 32 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 64,661 bushels of oats, 10,359 bushels of potatoes, 7,479 bushels of peas and beans, 5,393 bushels of spring wheat, 3,631 tons of hay, 2,726 acres of hay crops, 1,651 bushels of barley, 1,467 bushels of buckwheat, 1,398 bushels of corn, 713 bushels of other root crops, 523 acres of wheat, 385 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 160 acres of potatoes, 49 bushels of turnips, 7 bushels of winter wheat, 3 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,751 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:
QC052002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC100019— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q138103957
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. Guillaume, VL, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-guillaume-vl-qc052002-1881/.