St. Moïse, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Moïse was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 465. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815257. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.542°N, 67.850°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Moïse had a population of 465: 249 male and 216 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 465 |
| 1891 | 537 |
| 1901 | 908 |
| 1911 | 731 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Chemin Métapédia, 1871 (21.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Moïse shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 465 total population, 249 males, 216 females, 146 married persons, 91 families, 73 married females, 73 married males, 9 widowed persons, 5 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 310 single persons under 18, 171 single males under 18, 139 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 75 inhabited houses, 75 occupied houses, 3 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,893 bushels of potatoes, 3,904 bushels of barley, 1,774 bushels of spring wheat, 1,537 bushels of oats, 1,062 bushels of turnips, 620 bushels of peas and beans, 547 bushels of buckwheat, 377 bushels of rye, 373 acres of hay crops, 231 tons of hay, 149 acres of wheat, 48 acres of potatoes, 34 bushels of other root crops, 21 bushels of winter wheat, 14 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 65 barrels of herring or alewives, 54 quintals of cod, 19 barrels of other fish, 12 gallons of fish oil, 9 barrels of mackerel, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 465 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:
QC040017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193029— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q106815257
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. Moïse, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-mo-se-qc040017-1881/.