St. Sauveur, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Sauveur was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,616. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.872°N, 74.164°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Sauveur had a population of 1,616: 811 male and 805 female residents. Population density was 44.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 1,821 |
| 1871 | 1,845 |
| 1881 | 1,616 |
| 1891 | 1,460 |
| 1901 | 1,511 |
| 1911 | 1,283 |
| 1921 | 1,331 |
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. Sauveur, 1871 (94.0% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Sauveur shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 291 |
| Number of families | 291 |
| Number of females | 805 |
| Number of males | 811 |
| Number of married females | 257 |
| Number of married males | 259 |
| Number of married persons | 516 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 46 |
| POP TOT | 1,616 |
| Total population | 1,616 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 515 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 539 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,054 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 291 |
| Number of occupied houses | 291 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 33 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,927 |
| Acres of potatoes | 220 |
| Acres of wheat | 49 |
| BAR BU | 780 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 780 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 8,435 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 194 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 559 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 34,100 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,772 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 762 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 19,993 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 740 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 424 |
| BWT BU | 8,435 |
| CRN BU | 559 |
| HAY AC | 1,927 |
| HAY TONS | 2,174 |
| OAT BU | 34,100 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 762 |
| POT AC | 220 |
| POT BU | 19,993 |
| RYE BU | 2 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 2,174 |
| WHT AC | 49 |
| WHT SP BU | 740 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 515 |
| C UNMD M | 539 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,054 |
| D OCC | 291 |
| FEMALE | 805 |
| GRA BU | 194 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 291 |
| H UNINH | 33 |
| MALE | 811 |
| MD F | 257 |
| MD M | 259 |
| MD TOT | 516 |
| NUMBER CD | 94 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,772 |
| TUR BU | 424 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 46 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC094012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC096014— 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. Sauveur, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sauveur-qc094012-1881/.