St. Jude, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Jude was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,959. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462628. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.802°N, 73.020°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Jude had a population of 1,959: 963 male and 996 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,845 |
| 1871 | 2,133 |
| 1881 | 1,959 |
| 1891 | 2,197 |
| 1901 | 1,609 |
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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in St. Jude, 1871 (93.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Jude 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 1,959 total population, 996 females, 963 males, 715 married persons, 370 families, 359 married females, 356 married males, 64 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,180 single persons under 18, 595 single females under 18, 585 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 267 inhabited houses, 267 occupied houses, 68 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,135 bushels of oats, 9,056 bushels of potatoes, 2,459 bushels of buckwheat, 2,345 bushels of barley, 1,904 bushels of corn, 1,845 bushels of turnips, 1,760 bushels of peas and beans, 1,564 tons of hay, 1,337 bushels of spring wheat, 1,322 acres of hay crops, 935 bushels of other root crops, 188 acres of wheat, 60 acres of potatoes, 45 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,959 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:
QC062005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC190011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462628
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jude,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Jude
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. Jude, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-jude-qc062005-1881/.