St. Jerusalem, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jerusalem was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,013. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.667°N, 74.281°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jerusalem had a population of 2,013: 954 male and 1,059 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,784 |
| 1871 | 1,670 |
| 1881 | 2,013 |
| 1891 | 1,062 |
| 1901 | 969 |
| 1911 | 862 |
| 1921 | 850 |
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 Lachute, T-V, 1891 (2.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Jerusalem shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,013 total population, 1,059 females, 954 males, 638 married persons, 385 families, 319 married females, 319 married males, 87 widowed persons, 63 widowed females, 24 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,288 single persons under 18, 677 single females under 18, 611 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 376 inhabited houses, 376 occupied houses, 34 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,999 bushels of oats, 32,084 bushels of potatoes, 6,689 bushels of other root crops, 6,571 bushels of turnips, 4,457 acres of hay crops, 4,308 tons of hay, 3,514 bushels of buckwheat, 2,466 bushels of peas and beans, 1,603 bushels of corn, 927 bushels of barley, 912 bushels of spring wheat, 332 acres of potatoes, 225 acres of wheat, 91 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 bushels of rye. (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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| William Augustus Leggo | 1830–1915 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,997 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:
QC096001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC037012— 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. Jerusalem, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jerusalem-qc096001-1881/.