St. Roch, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Roch was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,290. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912763. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.850°N, 73.623°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Roch had a population of 2,290: 1,124 male and 1,166 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Roch 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 2,290 total population, 1,166 females, 1,124 males, 724 married persons, 478 families, 366 married males, 358 married females, 80 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 39 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,486 single persons under 18, 767 single females under 18, 719 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 422 inhabited houses, 422 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 79,172 bushels of oats, 25,966 bushels of potatoes, 23,687 bushels of peas and beans, 5,737 bushels of buckwheat, 4,844 bushels of spring wheat, 3,600 tons of hay, 2,884 bushels of corn, 2,717 acres of hay crops, 2,188 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,911 bushels of barley, 830 acres of wheat, 261 bushels of turnips, 191 acres of potatoes, 52 bushels of rye, 33 bushels of other root crops, 15 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,290 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:
QC088004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC088004— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912763
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. Roch, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-roch-qc088004-1881/.