St. Philippe, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Philippe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,655. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463156. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.338°N, 73.477°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Philippe had a population of 1,655: 869 male and 786 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,344 |
| 1871 | 1,754 |
| 1881 | 1,655 |
| 1891 | 1,716 |
| 1901 | 1,707 |
| 1911 | 1,615 |
| 1921 | 1,264 |
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. Philippe shared boundaries with:
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 1,655 total population, 869 males, 786 females, 521 married persons, 265 families, 261 married males, 260 married females, 56 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,078 single persons under 18, 585 single males under 18, 493 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 248 inhabited houses, 248 occupied houses, 19 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 78,980 bushels of oats, 54,248 bushels of peas and beans, 26,482 bushels of potatoes, 6,685 bushels of buckwheat, 5,654 acres of hay crops, 4,522 tons of hay, 1,999 bushels of corn, 1,839 bushels of barley, 1,702 bushels of spring wheat, 757 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 532 bushels of other root crops, 215 acres of wheat, 195 acres of potatoes, 14 bushels of turnips, 11 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Adolphe Pinsonnault | 1815–1883 | born here |
| Camille Lefebvre | 1831–1895 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,655 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:
QC069003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC064006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463156
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Philippe_(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. Philippe, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-philippe-qc069003-1881/.