St. Laurent, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Laurent was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,084. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.502°N, 73.699°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Laurent had a population of 3,084: 1,519 male and 1,565 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,906 |
| 1871 | 2,911 |
| 1881 | 3,084 |
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 St. Laurent, Village, 1891 (4.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Laurent shared boundaries with:
- Côte des Neiges
- Côte St. Louis, Town—Ville
- Lachine
- Mile End, Village
- N.-Dame de Grâce, W-O
- Outremont, C
- Pointe Claire
- Sault au Récollet
- Ste. Geneviève
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 3,084 total population, 1,565 females, 1,519 males, 929 married persons, 539 families, 467 married females, 462 married males, 117 widowed persons, 76 widowed females, 41 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,038 single persons under 18, 1,022 single females under 18, 1,016 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 528 inhabited houses, 528 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 357,502 bushels of potatoes, 84,214 bushels of oats, 22,653 bushels of barley, 18,598 bushels of other root crops, 9,538 bushels of peas and beans, 6,687 bushels of buckwheat, 6,503 bushels of turnips, 5,085 tons of hay, 3,397 acres of hay crops, 3,231 bushels of corn, 2,755 bushels of spring wheat, 1,819 acres of potatoes, 349 acres of wheat, 92 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 13 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,084 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:
QC092011— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC092011— 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. Laurent, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-laurent-qc092011-1881/.