St. Ulric, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Ulric was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,017. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.745°N, 67.669°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Ulric had a population of 2,017: 1,051 male and 966 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,017 |
| 1891 | 1,704 |
| 1901 | 1,725 |
| 1911 | 1,221 |
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. Ulric shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,017 total population, 1,051 males, 966 females, 618 married persons, 350 families, 310 married males, 308 married females, 29 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,370 single persons under 18, 727 single males under 18, 643 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 278 inhabited houses, 278 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 37,649 bushels of potatoes, 16,987 bushels of spring wheat, 8,625 bushels of oats, 8,398 bushels of barley, 5,122 bushels of peas and beans, 2,205 bushels of buckwheat, 1,503 acres of wheat, 1,500 bushels of rye, 1,073 acres of hay crops, 1,025 tons of hay, 277 bushels of turnips, 237 acres of potatoes, 24 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 9 bushels of corn, 9 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 220 barrels of other fish, 101 fathoms of fishing nets, 40 barrels of herring or alewives, 19 quintals of cod, 16 barrels of mackerel, 4 quintals of fascines fish, 2 barrels of trout, 1 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 25 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,017 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:
QC040023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193033— 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. Ulric, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-ulric-qc040023-1881/.