St. Pierre, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Pierre was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 763. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.895°N, 71.060°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Pierre had a population of 763: 357 male and 406 female residents. Population density was 62.1 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 887 |
| 1861 | 1,022 |
| 1871 | 1,109 |
| 1881 | 763 |
| 1891 | 772 |
| 1901 | 595 |
| 1911 | 560 |
| 1921 | 555 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 St. Pierre, 1871 (87.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Pierre shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 63 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 111 |
| Number of families | 111 |
| Number of females | 406 |
| Number of males | 357 |
| Number of married females | 99 |
| Number of married males | 98 |
| Number of married persons | 197 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 36 |
| POP TOT | 763 |
| Total population | 763 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 291 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 239 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 530 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 107 |
| Number of occupied houses | 107 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 397 |
| Acres of potatoes | 91 |
| Acres of wheat | 104 |
| BAR BU | 119 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 119 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,125 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 63 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 19,373 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 647 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 554 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 13,481 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 285 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,238 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,991 |
| BWT BU | 1,125 |
| CRN BU | 63 |
| HAY AC | 397 |
| HAY TONS | 932 |
| OAT BU | 19,373 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 554 |
| POT AC | 91 |
| POT BU | 13,481 |
| RYE BU | 285 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 932 |
| WHT AC | 104 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,238 |
Other recorded variables (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 291 |
| C UNMD M | 239 |
| C UNMD TOT | 530 |
| D OCC | 107 |
| FEMALE | 406 |
| GRA BU | 11 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 107 |
| MALE | 357 |
| MD F | 99 |
| MD M | 98 |
| MD TOT | 197 |
| NUMBER CD | 78 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 647 |
| TUR BU | 1,991 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 20 |
| WID TOT | 36 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC078006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075011— 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-qc078006-1881/.