St. Léon, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Léon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,787. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462823. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.339°N, 72.970°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Léon had a population of 1,787: 891 male and 896 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,294 |
| 1861 | 2,218 |
| 1871 | 1,801 |
| 1881 | 1,787 |
| 1891 | 1,875 |
| 1901 | 1,653 |
| 1911 | 1,593 |
| 1921 | 1,411 |
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. Léon, 1871 (92.3% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Léon 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 1,787 total population, 896 females, 891 males, 589 married persons, 304 families, 295 married females, 294 married males, 65 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,133 single persons under 18, 575 single males under 18, 558 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 265 inhabited houses, 265 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 66,614 bushels of oats, 29,537 bushels of peas and beans, 10,746 bushels of potatoes, 8,749 bushels of buckwheat, 4,260 bushels of spring wheat, 4,108 tons of hay, 2,463 acres of hay crops, 1,120 bushels of other root crops, 814 bushels of barley, 753 bushels of corn, 532 acres of wheat, 350 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 173 bushels of turnips, 110 acres of potatoes, 110 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,787 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:
QC085006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC069011_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462823
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand,_Mauricie
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-le-Grand_(Maskinong%C3%A9)
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. Léon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-l-on-qc085006-1881/.