St. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 789. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.236°N, 69.741°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais had a population of 789: 396 male and 393 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 770 |
| 1881 | 789 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Onésime d'Ixworth, 1891 (17.3% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais shared boundaries with:
- Mont Carmel
- St. Pacôme
- St. Paschal, Woodbridge & Painchaud
- Ste. Anne
- Ste. Louise, Ashford
- Ste. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c
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 789 total population, 396 males, 393 females, 302 married persons, 158 families, 153 married males, 149 married females, 18 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 469 single persons under 18, 235 single males under 18, 234 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 111 inhabited houses, 111 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,544 bushels of potatoes, 5,031 bushels of oats, 2,799 bushels of spring wheat, 1,216 bushels of barley, 616 bushels of turnips, 521 tons of hay, 507 bushels of rye, 464 bushels of peas and beans, 439 acres of hay crops, 325 acres of wheat, 261 bushels of other root crops, 260 bushels of buckwheat, 33 bushels of corn, 25 acres of potatoes, 13 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 789 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:
QC042002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042002_1871— 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. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-on-sime-ixworth-chapais-qc042002-1881/.