St. Lin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Lin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,722. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912498. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.853°N, 73.777°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Lin had a population of 2,722: 1,339 male and 1,383 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,959 |
| 1861 | 3,000 |
| 1871 | 2,697 |
| 1881 | 2,722 |
| 1891 | 1,541 |
| 1901 | 1,664 |
| 1911 | 1,585 |
| 1921 | 1,415 |
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 Laurentides, T-V, 1891 (3.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Lin shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,722 total population, 1,383 females, 1,339 males, 950 married persons, 627 families, 479 married males, 471 married females, 100 widowed persons, 72 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,672 single persons under 18, 840 single females under 18, 832 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 613 inhabited houses, 613 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 69,104 bushels of oats, 40,932 bushels of potatoes, 15,881 bushels of peas and beans, 3,556 tons of hay, 3,365 bushels of buckwheat, 3,123 acres of hay crops, 2,484 bushels of spring wheat, 1,473 bushels of barley, 1,428 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 992 bushels of corn, 377 acres of wheat, 277 acres of potatoes, 274 bushels of turnips, 158 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier | 1841–1919 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,722 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:
QC088003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065007— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912498
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. Lin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-lin-qc088003-1881/.