St. Joseph, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Joseph was a township in Rimouski County, Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 556. 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 68 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 81 |
| Number of families | 81 |
| Number of females | 288 |
| Number of males | 268 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 73 |
| Number of married persons | 146 |
| Number of widowed females | 8 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 12 |
| POP TOT | 556 |
| Total population | 556 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 207 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 191 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 398 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 69 |
| Number of occupied houses | 69 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 376 |
| Acres of potatoes | 50 |
| Acres of wheat | 455 |
| BAR BU | 791 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 791 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 37 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 3 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,898 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,207 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,860 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 4,952 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 106 |
| BWT BU | 37 |
| HAY AC | 376 |
| HAY TONS | 285 |
| OAT BU | 4,898 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,207 |
| POT AC | 50 |
| POT BU | 7,860 |
| RYE BU | 67 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 285 |
| WHT AC | 455 |
| WHT SP BU | 4,952 |
Fisheries (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of fishing boats | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 2 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 49 |
Other recorded variables (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 2 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 1 |
| C UNMD F | 207 |
| C UNMD M | 191 |
| C UNMD TOT | 398 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| COD DX K | 49 |
| D OCC | 69 |
| FEMALE | 288 |
| GRA BU | 3 |
| H INHAB | 69 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| MALE | 268 |
| MD F | 73 |
| MD M | 73 |
| MD TOT | 146 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 13 |
| TUR BU | 106 |
| WID F | 8 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 12 |
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: 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. Joseph, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-joseph-qc040015-1881/.