St. Jean, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jean, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,314. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141977. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.304°N, 73.262°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jean, Town—Ville had a population of 4,314: 2,057 male and 2,257 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,022 |
| 1881 | 4,314 |
| 1891 | 4,722 |
| 1901 | 4,030 |
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, Town—Ville 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 4,314 total population, 2,257 females, 2,057 males, 1,470 married persons, 797 families, 737 married females, 733 married males, 187 widowed persons, 137 widowed females, 50 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,657 single persons under 18, 1,383 single females under 18, 1,274 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 775 inhabited houses, 775 occupied houses, 78 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,905 bushels of oats, 2,408 bushels of potatoes, 683 bushels of other root crops, 384 bushels of corn, 287 bushels of peas and beans, 247 bushels of buckwheat, 107 bushels of spring wheat, 86 bushels of barley, 83 acres of hay crops, 58 tons of hay, 17 bushels of winter wheat, 15 acres of potatoes, 11 acres of wheat, 7 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| George Futvoye | 1808–1891 | died here |
| Edward C. MacDonald | 1810–1889 | died here |
| Félix Poutré | 1814–1885 | born here |
| Louis Molleur | 1828–1904 | died here |
| Félix-Gabriel Marchand | 1832–1900 | born here |
| Élodie Paradis | 1840–1912 | born here |
| Honoré Mercier | 1840–1894 | born here |
| Israël Landry | 1843–1910 | born here |
| Hartley Dewart | 1861–1924 | born here |
| Joséphine Marchand | 1861–1925 | born here |
| Élodie Mailloux | 1865–1937 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,314 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:
QC068005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC191004— 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, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jean-town-ville-qc068005-1881/.