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 density was 52.0 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,939 |
| 1891 | 1,747 |
| 1901 | 1,575 |
| 1911 | 1,091 |
| 1921 | 975 |
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 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 319 |
| Number of families | 319 |
| Number of females | 953 |
| Number of males | 986 |
| Number of married females | 297 |
| Number of married males | 297 |
| Number of married persons | 594 |
| Number of widowed females | 42 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 56 |
| POP TOT | 1,939 |
| Total population | 1,939 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 614 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 675 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,289 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 5 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 282 |
| Number of occupied houses | 282 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 19 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,115 |
| Acres of potatoes | 87 |
| Acres of wheat | 456 |
| BAR BU | 1,409 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,409 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 8,365 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 69 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1,177 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 68,272 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 611 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 9,616 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,253 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 28 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,526 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 201 |
| BWT BU | 8,365 |
| CRN BU | 1,177 |
| HAY AC | 2,115 |
| HAY TONS | 3,204 |
| OAT BU | 68,272 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 9,616 |
| POT AC | 87 |
| POT BU | 11,253 |
| RYE BU | 28 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,204 |
| WHT AC | 456 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,526 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 614 |
| C UNMD M | 675 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,289 |
| D OCC | 282 |
| FEMALE | 953 |
| GRA BU | 69 |
| H CON | 5 |
| H INHAB | 282 |
| H UNINH | 19 |
| MALE | 986 |
| MD F | 297 |
| MD M | 297 |
| MD TOT | 594 |
| NUMBER CD | 57 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 611 |
| TUR BU | 201 |
| WID F | 42 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 56 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC057002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC100011— 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/.