St. Jean, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jean was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 653. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.203°N, 70.215°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jean had a population of 653: 320 male and 333 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 612 |
| 1881 | 653 |
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 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 653 total population, 333 females, 320 males, 200 married persons, 100 married females, 100 married males, 99 families, 11 widowed persons, 6 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 442 single persons under 18, 227 single females under 18, 215 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 80 occupied houses, 75 inhabited houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 5 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 4,316 bushels of potatoes, 2,206 bushels of spring wheat, 2,015 bushels of oats, 1,150 bushels of barley, 1,060 bushels of peas and beans, 439 bushels of turnips, 301 bushels of rye, 286 acres of wheat, 223 tons of hay, 201 bushels of buckwheat, 194 acres of hay crops, 45 acres of potatoes, 7 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 653 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:
QC076012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076012— 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, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-qc076012-1881/.