St. Prosper, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Prosper was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,382. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463238. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.643°N, 72.298°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Prosper had a population of 1,382: 721 male and 661 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 781 |
| 1861 | 1,028 |
| 1871 | 1,147 |
| 1881 | 1,382 |
| 1891 | 1,358 |
| 1901 | 1,334 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 1,187 |
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. Prosper 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 1,382 total population, 721 males, 661 females, 379 married persons, 233 families, 190 married males, 189 married females, 38 widowed persons, 22 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 965 single persons under 18, 515 single males under 18, 450 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 178 inhabited houses, 178 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 42,483 bushels of oats, 8,516 bushels of potatoes, 5,061 bushels of buckwheat, 4,212 bushels of spring wheat, 3,759 bushels of peas and beans, 2,065 tons of hay, 1,167 acres of hay crops, 714 bushels of rye, 526 bushels of barley, 479 bushels of other root crops, 401 acres of wheat, 378 bushels of corn, 313 bushels of turnips, 66 acres of potatoes, 41 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 27 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,382 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:
QC082005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC047017— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463238
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain
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. Prosper, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-prosper-qc082005-1881/.