St. Joseph, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Joseph was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 556. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462605. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.560°N, 68.168°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Joseph had a population of 556: 268 male and 288 female residents.
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 Ste. Flavie, 1871 (30.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Joseph shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 556 total population, 288 females, 268 males, 146 married persons, 81 families, 73 married females, 73 married males, 12 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 398 single persons under 18, 207 single females under 18, 191 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 69 inhabited houses, 69 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,860 bushels of potatoes, 4,952 bushels of spring wheat, 4,898 bushels of oats, 1,207 bushels of peas and beans, 791 bushels of barley, 455 acres of wheat, 376 acres of hay crops, 285 tons of hay, 106 bushels of turnips, 67 bushels of rye, 50 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of buckwheat, 13 bushels of other root crops, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 49 quintals of cod, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 556 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:
QC040015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040015— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462605
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. Joseph, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc040015-1881/.