St. Paul, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,822. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.971°N, 73.433°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Paul had a population of 1,822: 935 male and 887 female residents. Population density was 55.5 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,217 |
| 1861 | 2,073 |
| 1871 | 1,943 |
| 1881 | 1,822 |
| 1891 | 1,485 |
| 1901 | 1,470 |
| 1911 | 1,433 |
| 1921 | 1,769 |
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 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 335 |
| Number of families | 335 |
| Number of females | 887 |
| Number of males | 935 |
| Number of married females | 287 |
| Number of married males | 290 |
| Number of married persons | 577 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 56 |
| POP TOT | 1,822 |
| Total population | 1,822 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 565 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 624 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,189 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 280 |
| Number of occupied houses | 280 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 17 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,000 |
| Acres of potatoes | 139 |
| Acres of wheat | 363 |
| BAR BU | 413 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 413 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,255 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 87 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 3,162 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 57,229 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 468 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 29,272 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 20,018 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 6,512 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,324 |
| BWT BU | 3,255 |
| CRN BU | 3,162 |
| HAY AC | 2,000 |
| HAY TONS | 2,813 |
| OAT BU | 57,229 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 29,272 |
| POT AC | 139 |
| POT BU | 20,018 |
| RYE BU | 6,512 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,813 |
| WHT AC | 363 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,324 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 565 |
| C UNMD M | 624 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,189 |
| D OCC | 280 |
| FEMALE | 887 |
| GRA BU | 87 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 280 |
| H UNINH | 17 |
| MALE | 935 |
| MD F | 287 |
| MD M | 290 |
| MD TOT | 577 |
| NUMBER CD | 87 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 468 |
| WID F | 35 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 56 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC087003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC060013— 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. Paul, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-paul-qc087003-1881/.