St. Liboire, VL, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Liboire, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,198. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912496. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.652°N, 72.766°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Liboire, VL had a population of 2,198: 1,105 male and 1,093 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 960 |
| 1871 | 1,429 |
| 1881 | 2,198 |
| 1891 | 2,353 |
| 1901 | 1,739 |
| 1911 | 1,733 |
| 1921 | 595 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Liboire, VL shared boundaries with:
- St. Dominique
- St. Ephrem d'Upton
- St. Ephrem d’Upton, Village
- St. Simon
- St. Valérien
- Ste. Hélène
- Ste. Rosalie
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 2,198 total population, 1,105 males, 1,093 females, 769 married persons, 420 families, 386 married males, 383 married females, 41 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,388 single persons under 18, 707 single males under 18, 681 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 337 inhabited houses, 337 occupied houses, 45 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 28,772 bushels of oats, 7,940 bushels of potatoes, 3,912 bushels of peas and beans, 2,811 bushels of spring wheat, 2,062 tons of hay, 1,891 acres of hay crops, 1,556 bushels of other root crops, 1,300 bushels of corn, 1,053 bushels of buckwheat, 732 bushels of barley, 408 acres of wheat, 212 acres of potatoes, 207 bushels of turnips, 178 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 165 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,198 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:
QC058007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC039016_1921— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912496
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. Liboire, VL, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-liboire-vl-qc058007-1881/.