St. Jean, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 816. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.274°N, 73.280°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jean had a population of 816: 417 male and 399 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,048 |
| 1881 | 816 |
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 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 816 total population, 417 males, 399 females, 261 married persons, 136 families, 136 married males, 125 married females, 16 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 539 single persons under 18, 276 single males under 18, 263 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 128 inhabited houses, 128 occupied houses, 24 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 35,638 bushels of oats, 15,720 bushels of peas and beans, 14,642 bushels of potatoes, 4,285 bushels of corn, 3,921 bushels of buckwheat, 3,885 bushels of barley, 2,924 acres of hay crops, 2,849 tons of hay, 2,473 bushels of spring wheat, 1,725 bushels of other root crops, 495 bushels of turnips, 213 acres of wheat, 169 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 124 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 816 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:
QC068004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC068004_1871— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141977
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
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, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc068004-1881/.