St. Jacques le Mineur, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jacques le Mineur was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,603. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912319. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.266°N, 73.432°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jacques le Mineur had a population of 1,603: 802 male and 801 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,603 |
| 1891 | 1,393 |
| 1901 | 1,390 |
| 1911 | 1,090 |
| 1921 | 907 |
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. Jacques le Mineur 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 1,603 total population, 802 males, 801 females, 477 married persons, 273 families, 239 married males, 238 married females, 61 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,065 single persons under 18, 539 single males under 18, 526 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 253 inhabited houses, 253 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 98,514 bushels of oats, 36,540 bushels of potatoes, 24,939 bushels of peas and beans, 9,430 bushels of corn, 8,468 bushels of buckwheat, 3,767 acres of hay crops, 3,140 bushels of barley, 3,097 tons of hay, 2,266 bushels of spring wheat, 865 bushels of other root crops, 380 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 353 acres of wheat, 260 acres of potatoes, 74 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,603 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:
QC069006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC064004_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912319
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. Jacques le Mineur, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jacques-le-mineur-qc069006-1881/.