St. Martin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Martin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,613. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.563°N, 73.744°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Martin had a population of 2,613: 1,356 male and 1,257 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,747 |
| 1881 | 2,613 |
| 1891 | 2,678 |
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 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,613 total population, 1,356 males, 1,257 females, 859 married persons, 507 families, 430 married females, 429 married males, 84 widowed persons, 48 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,670 single persons under 18, 891 single males under 18, 779 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 473 inhabited houses, 473 occupied houses, 37 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 129,171 bushels of potatoes, 53,582 bushels of oats, 22,220 bushels of other root crops, 5,881 bushels of peas and beans, 5,409 bushels of buckwheat, 4,104 bushels of barley, 2,483 bushels of corn, 2,293 tons of hay, 2,055 bushels of spring wheat, 1,923 acres of hay crops, 1,781 bushels of turnips, 864 acres of potatoes, 360 acres of wheat, 75 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 33 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,613 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:
QC093004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC163003— 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. Martin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-martin-qc093004-1881/.