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 community is grounded to Wikidata Q143360. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,845 |
| 1881 | 1,616 |
| 1891 | 1,460 |
| 1901 | 1,511 |
| 1911 | 1,283 |
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 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,616 total population, 811 males, 805 females, 516 married persons, 291 families, 259 married males, 257 married females, 46 widowed persons, 33 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,054 single persons under 18, 539 single males under 18, 515 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 291 inhabited houses, 291 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 34,100 bushels of oats, 19,993 bushels of potatoes, 8,435 bushels of buckwheat, 2,772 bushels of other root crops, 2,174 tons of hay, 1,927 acres of hay crops, 780 bushels of barley, 762 bushels of peas and beans, 740 bushels of spring wheat, 559 bushels of corn, 424 bushels of turnips, 220 acres of potatoes, 194 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 49 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,616 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:
QC094012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC202013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q143360
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/.