St. Lazare, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Lazare was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,353. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.662°N, 70.723°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Lazare had a population of 2,353: 1,206 male and 1,147 female residents. Population density was 26.2 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,698 |
| 1861 | 2,083 |
| 1871 | 2,063 |
| 1881 | 2,353 |
| 1891 | 1,322 |
| 1901 | 1,287 |
| 1911 | 1,360 |
| 1921 | 1,153 |
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. Lazare, 1891 (47.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Lazare shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 512 |
| Number of families | 512 |
| Number of females | 1,147 |
| Number of males | 1,206 |
| Number of married females | 369 |
| Number of married males | 369 |
| Number of married persons | 738 |
| Number of widowed females | 36 |
| Number of widowed males | 31 |
| Number of widowed persons | 67 |
| POP TOT | 2,353 |
| Total population | 2,353 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 742 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 806 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,548 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 416 |
| Number of occupied houses | 416 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 42 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 3,988 |
| Acres of potatoes | 226 |
| Acres of wheat | 172 |
| BAR BU | 1,529 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,529 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 11,294 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 24 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 37,661 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,607 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,009 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 21,438 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,136 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,149 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 541 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 21 |
| BWT BU | 11,294 |
| CRN BU | 24 |
| HAY AC | 3,988 |
| HAY TONS | 2,504 |
| OAT BU | 37,661 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,009 |
| POT AC | 226 |
| POT BU | 21,438 |
| RYE BU | 1,136 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,504 |
| WHT AC | 172 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,149 |
| WHT WTR BU | 21 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 742 |
| C UNMD M | 806 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,548 |
| D OCC | 416 |
| FEMALE | 1,147 |
| GRA BU | 10 |
| H INHAB | 416 |
| H UNINH | 42 |
| MALE | 1,206 |
| MD F | 369 |
| MD M | 369 |
| MD TOT | 738 |
| NUMBER CD | 45 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,607 |
| TUR BU | 541 |
| WID F | 36 |
| WID M | 31 |
| WID TOT | 67 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC045007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042011— 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. Lazare, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lazare-qc045007-1881/.