St. Michel, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Michel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,939. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.018°N, 72.921°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Michel had a population of 1,939: 986 male and 953 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,939 |
| 1891 | 1,747 |
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. Michel 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 1,939 total population, 986 males, 953 females, 594 married persons, 319 families, 297 married females, 297 married males, 56 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,289 single persons under 18, 675 single males under 18, 614 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 282 inhabited houses, 282 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 68,272 bushels of oats, 11,253 bushels of potatoes, 9,616 bushels of peas and beans, 8,365 bushels of buckwheat, 3,526 bushels of spring wheat, 3,204 tons of hay, 2,115 acres of hay crops, 1,409 bushels of barley, 1,177 bushels of corn, 611 bushels of other root crops, 456 acres of wheat, 201 bushels of turnips, 87 acres of potatoes, 69 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 28 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,938 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:
QC057002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197006— 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. Michel, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-michel-qc057002-1881/.