St. Pierre, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Pierre was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 858. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.234°N, 71.156°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Pierre had a population of 858: 444 male and 414 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Broughton, 1871 (26.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Pierre shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 61 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 157 |
| Number of families | 157 |
| Number of females | 414 |
| Number of males | 444 |
| Number of married females | 150 |
| Number of married males | 150 |
| Number of married persons | 300 |
| Number of widowed females | 7 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 15 |
| POP TOT | 858 |
| Total population | 858 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 257 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 286 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 543 |
Buildings & housing (2 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 146 |
| Number of occupied houses | 146 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,299 |
| Acres of potatoes | 56 |
| Acres of wheat | 72 |
| BAR BU | 1,925 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,925 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 2,497 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 77 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,759 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 415 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,032 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 668 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 161 |
| BWT BU | 2,497 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 1,299 |
| HAY TONS | 1,287 |
| OAT BU | 8,759 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 415 |
| POT AC | 56 |
| POT BU | 6,032 |
| RYE BU | 67 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,287 |
| WHT AC | 72 |
| WHT SP BU | 668 |
Other recorded variables (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 257 |
| C UNMD M | 286 |
| C UNMD TOT | 543 |
| D OCC | 146 |
| FEMALE | 414 |
| GRA BU | 77 |
| H INHAB | 146 |
| MALE | 444 |
| MD F | 150 |
| MD M | 150 |
| MD TOT | 300 |
| NUMBER CD | 48 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 21 |
| TUR BU | 161 |
| WID F | 7 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 15 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC048008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048008— 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. Pierre, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-pierre-qc048008-1881/.