St. Prime, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Prime was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 956. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912726. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.598°N, 72.327°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Prime had a population of 956: 506 male and 450 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 Roberval, Village, 1871 (19.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Prime & Ashuapmouchouan S, 1891 (87.4% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Indian Reserve, 1891 (12.6% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Prime shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 956 total population, 506 males, 450 females, 304 married persons, 167 families, 152 married females, 152 married males, 8 widowed persons, 5 widowed males, 3 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 644 single persons under 18, 349 single males under 18, 295 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 136 inhabited houses, 136 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 7 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,803 bushels of potatoes, 6,899 bushels of spring wheat, 6,060 bushels of peas and beans, 4,784 bushels of oats, 3,433 bushels of turnips, 2,507 bushels of barley, 645 acres of wheat, 534 bushels of other root crops, 474 acres of hay crops, 434 tons of hay, 202 bushels of winter wheat, 198 bushels of buckwheat, 131 bushels of rye, 97 acres of potatoes, 51 bushels of corn, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 161 fathoms of fishing nets, 33 barrels of other fish, 17 barrels of trout, 7 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 4 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 956 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:
QC076027— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076027— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912726
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. Prime, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-prime-qc076027-1881/.