St. Pierre, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 858. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463170. 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 30 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 858 total population, 444 males, 414 females, 300 married persons, 157 families, 150 married females, 150 married males, 15 widowed persons, 8 widowed males, 7 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 543 single persons under 18, 286 single males under 18, 257 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 146 inhabited houses, 146 occupied houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,759 bushels of oats, 6,032 bushels of potatoes, 2,497 bushels of buckwheat, 1,925 bushels of barley, 1,299 acres of hay crops, 1,287 tons of hay, 668 bushels of spring wheat, 415 bushels of peas and beans, 161 bushels of turnips, 77 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 72 acres of wheat, 67 bushels of rye, 56 acres of potatoes, 21 bushels of other root crops, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 859 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:
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: Q3463170
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton
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/.