St. Jean l'Évangéliste, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jean l'Évangéliste was a census subdivision in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,638. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.177°N, 66.361°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jean l'Évangéliste had a population of 1,638: 855 male and 783 female residents. Population density was 14.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,493 |
| 1861 | 1,291 |
| 1871 | 1,048 |
| 1881 | 1,638 |
| 1881 | 816 |
| 1891 | 875 |
| 1901 | 674 |
| 1911 | 674 |
| 1921 | 701 |
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 Nouvelle, Shoolbred, 1871 (70.5% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Jean l'Évangéliste shared boundaries with:
- Carleton
- Escuminac, Village
- L'Acadie
- Mann
- NO DATA
- Shoolbred, Village
- St. Jean, Town—Ville
- St. Luc
- St. Valentin
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 238 |
| Number of families | 238 |
| Number of females | 783 |
| Number of males | 855 |
| Number of married females | 237 |
| Number of married males | 236 |
| Number of married persons | 473 |
| Number of widowed females | 23 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 38 |
| POP TOT | 1,638 |
| Total population | 1,638 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 523 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 604 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,127 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 15 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 234 |
| Number of occupied houses | 234 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,529 |
| Acres of potatoes | 337 |
| Acres of wheat | 297 |
| BAR BU | 5,009 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5,009 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 15,252 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 68 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 16,642 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,622 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 283 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 54,999 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 529 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,542 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,914 |
| BWT BU | 15,252 |
| CRN BU | 6 |
| HAY AC | 1,529 |
| HAY TONS | 1,695 |
| OAT BU | 16,642 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 283 |
| POT AC | 337 |
| POT BU | 54,999 |
| RYE BU | 529 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,695 |
| WHT AC | 297 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,542 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 62 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 20 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 66 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 32 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,351 |
| Number of fishing boats | 18 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 27 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 78 |
Other recorded variables (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 22 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 27 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 18 |
| C UNMD F | 523 |
| C UNMD M | 604 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,127 |
| CD NAME | Bonaventure |
| COD DX K | 78 |
| D OCC | 234 |
| FEMALE | 783 |
| GRA BU | 68 |
| H CON | 15 |
| H INHAB | 234 |
| H UNINH | 17 |
| MALE | 855 |
| MCK XB Q | 62 |
| MD F | 237 |
| MD M | 236 |
| MD TOT | 473 |
| NET XX F | 3,351 |
| NUMBER CD | 38 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 20 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,622 |
| SLM XB Q | 66 |
| TRT XB Q | 32 |
| TUR BU | 4,914 |
| WID F | 23 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 38 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC038011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC092004— 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. Jean l'Évangéliste, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-l-vang-liste-qc038011-1881/.