St. Jean Deschaillons, Quebec (1881 census)

St. Jean Deschaillons was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,771. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3024305. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.442°N, 71.963°W.

Population

In 1881, St. Jean Deschaillons had a population of 2,771: 1,447 male and 1,324 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Philomène, 1891 (80.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Jean Deschaillons, 1891 (19.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, St. Jean Deschaillons shared boundaries with:

• Somerset N
• Somerset S
• St. Louis de Blandford
• St. Pierre les Becquets
• Stanfold
• Ste. Emilie & Leclercville, Village
• Ste. Sophie de Lévrard

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 2,771 total population, 1,447 males, 1,324 females, 866 married persons, 467 families, 433 married females, 433 married males, 73 widowed persons, 37 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,832 single persons under 18, 978 single males under 18, 854 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 388 inhabited houses, 388 occupied houses, 55 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 46,120 bushels of oats, 18,582 bushels of potatoes, 6,176 bushels of spring wheat, 4,714 bushels of peas and beans, 3,910 bushels of buckwheat, 3,020 tons of hay, 2,137 acres of hay crops, 2,042 bushels of barley, 732 acres of wheat, 397 bushels of corn, 280 bushels of other root crops, 280 bushels of rye, 94 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of turnips, 50 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,772 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: QC049001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC171011 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3024305

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 Deschaillons, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-deschaillons-qc049001-1881/.