St. Hughes, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Hughes was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,273. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.796°N, 72.840°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Hughes had a population of 2,273: 1,125 male and 1,148 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,273 |
| 1891 | 2,003 |
| 1901 | 1,799 |
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. Hugues, VL, 1871 (81.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Hughes shared boundaries with:
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 2,273 total population, 1,148 females, 1,125 males, 787 married persons, 497 families, 394 married females, 393 married males, 86 widowed persons, 50 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,400 single persons under 18, 704 single females under 18, 696 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 372 inhabited houses, 372 occupied houses, 39 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 63,251 bushels of oats, 8,035 bushels of potatoes, 4,632 bushels of barley, 3,967 tons of hay, 3,959 bushels of spring wheat, 2,998 acres of hay crops, 1,523 bushels of other root crops, 1,361 bushels of corn, 978 bushels of peas and beans, 813 bushels of buckwheat, 766 acres of wheat, 262 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 212 bushels of turnips, 61 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Augustin Leblanc | 1799–1882 | died here |
| Thomas Kennedy Ramsay | 1826–1886 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,273 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:
QC058005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC138008_1881— 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. Hughes, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hughes-qc058005-1881/.