St. Paul l'Ermite, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Paul l'Ermite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,490. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912672. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.772°N, 73.496°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Paul l'Ermite had a population of 1,490: 755 male and 735 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,006 |
| 1881 | 1,490 |
| 1891 | 1,170 |
| 1901 | 1,388 |
| 1911 | 771 |
| 1921 | 762 |
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. Paul l'Ermite shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,490 total population, 755 males, 735 females, 515 married persons, 271 families, 258 married females, 257 married males, 42 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 933 single persons under 18, 479 single males under 18, 454 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 228 inhabited houses, 228 occupied houses, 14 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 38,171 bushels of oats, 19,589 bushels of potatoes, 5,061 bushels of other root crops, 3,961 bushels of peas and beans, 2,818 bushels of corn, 1,794 tons of hay, 1,682 bushels of barley, 1,475 bushels of buckwheat, 1,163 acres of hay crops, 1,047 bushels of spring wheat, 273 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 230 acres of wheat, 99 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of rye, 58 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,490 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:
QC088005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC065008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912672
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. Paul l'Ermite, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paul-l-ermite-qc088005-1881/.