St. Thomas, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Thomas was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 812. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.052°N, 73.293°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Thomas had a population of 812: 413 male and 399 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 811 |
| 1871 | 870 |
| 1881 | 812 |
| 1891 | 698 |
| 1901 | 641 |
| 1911 | — |
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. Thomas shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 812 total population, 413 males, 399 females, 279 married persons, 156 families, 140 married females, 139 married males, 40 widowed persons, 23 widowed females, 17 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 493 single persons under 18, 257 single males under 18, 236 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 152 inhabited houses, 152 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 33,679 bushels of oats, 9,316 bushels of potatoes, 6,625 bushels of buckwheat, 5,508 bushels of corn, 4,280 bushels of peas and beans, 3,756 acres of hay crops, 3,397 tons of hay, 1,572 bushels of barley, 1,086 bushels of other root crops, 733 bushels of spring wheat, 545 bushels of winter wheat, 250 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 218 acres of wheat, 174 bushels of turnips, 98 acres of potatoes, 88 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 812 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:
QC065001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC175009— 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. Thomas, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-thomas-qc065001-1881/.