St. Mathieu, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Mathieu was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,175. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q511005. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.168°N, 68.964°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Mathieu had a population of 1,175: 594 male and 581 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,175 |
| 1891 | 846 |
| 1901 | 893 |
| 1911 | — |
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. Mathieu shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 35 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,175 total population, 594 males, 581 females, 326 married persons, 177 families, 163 married females, 163 married males, 25 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 824 single persons under 18, 422 single males under 18, 402 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 159 inhabited houses, 159 occupied houses, 24 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,367 bushels of potatoes, 4,478 bushels of oats, 3,578 bushels of barley, 3,147 bushels of spring wheat, 2,512 bushels of rye, 1,060 bushels of peas and beans, 1,047 acres of hay crops, 673 tons of hay, 496 acres of wheat, 274 bushels of turnips, 148 acres of potatoes, 85 bushels of buckwheat, 4 bushels of winter wheat, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 9 barrels of trout, 4 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 3 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,175 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:
QC040001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193028— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q511005
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux
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. Mathieu, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mathieu-qc040001-1881/.