St. Martin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Martin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 458. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3462931. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.978°N, 70.643°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Martin had a population of 458: 249 male and 209 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 458 |
| 1891 | 894 |
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. Martin 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 458 total population, 249 males, 209 females, 153 married persons, 91 families, 78 married males, 75 married females, 12 widowed persons, 8 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 293 single persons under 18, 163 single males under 18, 130 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 91 inhabited houses, 91 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,551 bushels of oats, 2,863 bushels of potatoes, 802 acres of hay crops, 532 tons of hay, 432 bushels of peas and beans, 431 bushels of barley, 321 bushels of buckwheat, 313 bushels of spring wheat, 204 bushels of turnips, 60 acres of potatoes, 47 acres of wheat, 23 bushels of other root crops, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 bushels of rye, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 456 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:
QC048012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC139006_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3462931
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Martin,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Martin_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Martin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-martin-qc048012-1881/.