St. Pierre, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,236. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463183. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.895°N, 70.607°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Pierre had a population of 1,236: 614 male and 622 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,425 |
| 1871 | 1,292 |
| 1881 | 1,236 |
| 1891 | 1,331 |
| 1901 | 1,127 |
| 1911 | — |
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. Pierre 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 1,236 total population, 622 females, 614 males, 360 married persons, 223 families, 181 married males, 179 married females, 63 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 813 single persons under 18, 412 single males under 18, 401 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 196 inhabited houses, 196 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 26,042 bushels of oats, 17,666 bushels of potatoes, 4,288 bushels of spring wheat, 3,057 bushels of barley, 2,656 tons of hay, 2,560 acres of hay crops, 1,251 bushels of peas and beans, 854 bushels of turnips, 457 bushels of other root crops, 368 acres of wheat, 208 bushels of rye, 166 acres of potatoes, 66 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 47 bushels of corn, 33 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,236 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:
QC044003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC177010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463183
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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. Pierre, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-qc044003-1881/.