St. Siméon, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Siméon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 741. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463385. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.893°N, 69.940°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Siméon had a population of 741: 376 male and 365 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 456 |
| 1881 | 741 |
| 1891 | 968 |
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. Siméon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 741 total population, 376 males, 365 females, 248 married persons, 140 families, 125 married males, 123 married females, 23 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 470 single persons under 18, 244 single males under 18, 226 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 140 occupied houses, 134 inhabited houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 6 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 5,244 bushels of potatoes, 1,683 bushels of spring wheat, 1,244 bushels of oats, 1,209 bushels of rye, 1,162 bushels of barley, 488 bushels of peas and beans, 232 acres of hay crops, 220 bushels of buckwheat, 210 tons of hay, 186 acres of wheat, 88 bushels of turnips, 69 acres of potatoes, 37 bushels of other root crops, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 329 barrels of other fish, 97 fathoms of fishing nets, 80 gallons of fish oil, 24 barrels of herring or alewives, 9 quintals of fascines fish, 7 barrels of trout, 6 barrels of halibut, 1 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC147011— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463385
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. Siméon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sim-on-qc077001-1881/.