St. Jean de Matha, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jean de Matha was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,133. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462533. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.247°N, 73.533°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jean de Matha had a population of 2,133: 1,064 male and 1,069 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,346 |
| 1881 | 2,133 |
| 1891 | 2,675 |
| 1901 | 1,958 |
| 1911 | 1,958 |
| 1921 | 1,800 |
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. Jean de Matha 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 2,133 total population, 1,069 females, 1,064 males, 711 married persons, 384 families, 356 married females, 355 married males, 46 widowed persons, 28 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,376 single persons under 18, 691 single males under 18, 685 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 300 occupied houses, 299 inhabited houses, 51 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 46,021 bushels of oats, 13,891 bushels of potatoes, 5,119 bushels of buckwheat, 3,476 bushels of peas and beans, 2,813 bushels of spring wheat, 1,969 acres of hay crops, 1,775 tons of hay, 1,409 bushels of corn, 1,169 bushels of rye, 484 bushels of barley, 377 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 372 acres of wheat, 267 bushels of turnips, 136 acres of potatoes, 129 bushels of other root crops. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph Henri Picard | 1857–1934 | born here |
| Émiliano Renaud | 1875–1932 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,133 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:
QC087007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC060011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462533
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Matha
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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. Jean de Matha, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-de-matha-qc087007-1881/.