Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Charlevoix
St. Siméon, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Siméon was a census subdivision in Charlevoix County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 741. 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 density was 8.7 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 140 |
| Number of families | 140 |
| Number of females | 365 |
| Number of males | 376 |
| Number of married females | 123 |
| Number of married males | 125 |
| Number of married persons | 248 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 23 |
| POP TOT | 741 |
| Total population | 741 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 226 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 244 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 470 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 6 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 134 |
| Number of occupied houses | 140 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 232 |
| Acres of potatoes | 69 |
| Acres of wheat | 186 |
| BAR BU | 1,162 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,162 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 220 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,244 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 37 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 488 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 5,244 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 1,209 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,683 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 88 |
| BWT BU | 220 |
| CRN BU | 2 |
| HAY AC | 232 |
| HAY TONS | 210 |
| OAT BU | 1,244 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 488 |
| POT AC | 69 |
| POT BU | 5,244 |
| RYE BU | 1,209 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 210 |
| WHT AC | 186 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,683 |
Fisheries (8 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 24 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 329 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 7 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 97 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 80 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 9 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 24 |
| C UNMD F | 226 |
| C UNMD M | 244 |
| C UNMD TOT | 470 |
| CD NAME | Charlevoix |
| D OCC | 140 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 9 |
| FEMALE | 365 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 80 |
| GSP XB Q | 1 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 134 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAL XB Q | 6 |
| MALE | 376 |
| MD F | 123 |
| MD M | 125 |
| MD TOT | 248 |
| NET XX F | 97 |
| NUMBER CD | 77 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 329 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 37 |
| SHAN | 6 |
| TRT XB Q | 7 |
| TUR BU | 88 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 23 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048010 — 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. Siméon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-sim-on-qc077001-1881/.