St. Mathieu, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Mathieu was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 263. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.603°N, 72.913°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Mathieu had a population of 263: 121 male and 142 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 130 |
| 1881 | 263 |
| 1891 | 233 |
| 1901 | 544 |
| 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 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 263 total population, 142 females, 121 males, 94 married persons, 53 families, 47 married females, 47 married males, 6 widowed persons, 3 widowed females, 3 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 163 single persons under 18, 92 single females under 18, 71 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 52 inhabited houses, 52 occupied houses, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,003 bushels of oats, 2,017 bushels of potatoes, 693 bushels of peas and beans, 621 bushels of buckwheat, 562 bushels of turnips, 286 bushels of barley, 285 tons of hay, 277 acres of hay crops, 236 bushels of spring wheat, 87 bushels of other root crops, 32 acres of potatoes, 30 acres of wheat, 30 bushels of corn, 20 bushels of rye, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 263 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:
QC084006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC203008— 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. Mathieu, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mathieu-qc084006-1881/.