St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 5,321. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141873. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.629°N, 72.954°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Hyacinthe, City—Cité had a population of 5,321: 2,541 male and 2,780 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,746 |
| 1881 | 5,321 |
| 1891 | 7,016 |
| 1901 | 9,210 |
| 1911 | 9,797 |
| 1921 | 10,859 |
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. Hyacinthe, City—Cité 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 5,321 total population, 2,780 females, 2,541 males, 1,852 married persons, 1,068 families, 928 married females, 924 married males, 268 widowed persons, 190 widowed females, 78 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 3,201 single persons under 18, 1,662 single females under 18, 1,539 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 746 inhabited houses, 746 occupied houses, 64 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,678 bushels of other root crops, 2,872 bushels of oats, 2,862 bushels of potatoes, 1,224 bushels of peas and beans, 430 bushels of barley, 326 bushels of turnips, 299 bushels of corn, 289 tons of hay, 244 acres of hay crops, 127 bushels of buckwheat, 101 bushels of spring wheat, 27 bushels of rye, 26 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 bushels of winter wheat, 8 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph La Rocque | 1808–1887 | died here |
| Joseph-Sabin Raymond | 1810–1887 | born and died here |
| Sicotte | 1812–1889 | died here |
| Louis Antoine Dessaulles | 1818–1895 | born here |
| Hilaire Millier | 1823–1889 | died here |
| Louis-Zéphirin Moreau | 1824–1901 | died here |
| P.S. (Pierre Samuel) Gendron | 1828–1889 | died here |
| Aurélie Caouette | 1833–1905 | born and died here |
| Louis Côté | 1836–1915 | died here |
| Boucher de la Bruère | 1837–1917 | born here |
| Alexandrine Teyssèdre | 1842–1921 | died here |
| Jérôme-Adolphe Chicoyne | 1844–1910 | died here |
| Ferdinand Gagnon | 1849–1886 | born here |
| Élisabeth Bergeron | 1851–1936 | died here |
| Dominique-Ceslas Gonthier | 1853–1917 | died here |
| Claver Casavant | 1855–1933 | born and died here |
| Omer-Edmond Dalaire | 1856–1919 | died here |
| Élie Bourbeau | 1864–1934 | died here |
| Honoré Mercier | 1875–1937 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 5,321 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:
QC062001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC091012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141873
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Hyacinthe
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. Hyacinthe, City—Cité, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-hyacinthe-city-cit-qc062001-1881/.