St. Ours, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)

St. Ours, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 808. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142405. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.888°N, 73.150°W.

Population

In 1881, St. Ours, Town—Ville had a population of 808: 396 male and 412 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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. Ours, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• St. Ours

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 808 total population, 412 females, 396 males, 272 married persons, 182 families, 136 married females, 136 married males, 34 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 502 single persons under 18, 256 single females under 18, 246 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 121 inhabited houses, 121 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,848 bushels of potatoes, 1,191 bushels of oats, 300 bushels of other root crops, 277 bushels of corn, 147 bushels of barley, 108 tons of hay, 69 bushels of spring wheat, 54 bushels of peas and beans, 43 acres of hay crops, 15 bushels of buckwheat, 14 acres of potatoes, 11 bushels of turnips, 6 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 808 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: QC061010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142405
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ours,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Ours_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Ours, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ours-town-ville-qc061010-1881/.