St. Simon, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Simon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,266. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913285. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.214°N, 69.016°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Simon had a population of 1,266: 633 male and 633 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,186 |
| 1881 | 1,266 |
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. Simon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 36 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,266 total population, 633 females, 633 males, 324 married persons, 203 families, 163 married females, 161 married males, 44 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 898 single persons under 18, 453 single males under 18, 445 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 164 inhabited houses, 164 occupied houses, 17 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 30,029 bushels of potatoes, 8,757 bushels of oats, 6,113 bushels of spring wheat, 3,465 bushels of barley, 2,035 bushels of rye, 1,412 tons of hay, 1,388 acres of hay crops, 1,257 bushels of peas and beans, 658 acres of wheat, 185 acres of potatoes, 38 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 448 barrels of other fish, 295 fathoms of fishing nets, 101 barrels of herring or alewives, 45 barrels of salmon, 7 shoremen, 2 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,266 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:
QC040002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112913285
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. Simon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-simon-qc040002-1881/.