St. Pie, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Pie was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,037. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912693. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.513°N, 72.897°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Pie had a population of 3,037: 1,515 male and 1,522 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 3,468 |
| 1881 | 3,037 |
| 1891 | 3,342 |
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. Pie shared boundaries with:
- Notre-Dame de St. Hyacinthe
- St. Césaire
- St. Damase
- St. Dominique
- St. Hyacinthe le Confesseur
- St. Paul d'Abbotsford
- Ste. Cécile de Milton
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 3,037 total population, 1,522 females, 1,515 males, 1,040 married persons, 654 families, 520 married females, 520 married males, 101 widowed persons, 55 widowed females, 46 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,896 single persons under 18, 949 single males under 18, 947 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 568 inhabited houses, 568 occupied houses, 43 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 66,447 bushels of oats, 17,451 bushels of barley, 10,700 bushels of potatoes, 9,473 bushels of spring wheat, 7,792 bushels of peas and beans, 6,279 bushels of corn, 5,934 acres of hay crops, 5,827 tons of hay, 1,951 bushels of other root crops, 1,527 acres of wheat, 1,452 bushels of buckwheat, 761 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 252 acres of potatoes, 11 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 3,037 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:
QC058001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC138009— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912693
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. Pie, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pie-qc058001-1881/.