St. Valérien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Valérien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 199. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463479. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.322°N, 68.638°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Valérien had a population of 199: 108 male and 91 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 199 |
| 1891 | 814 |
| 1901 | 846 |
| 1911 | — |
| 1921 | 893 |
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. Valérien shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 28 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 199 total population, 108 males, 91 females, 66 married persons, 33 families, 33 married females, 33 married males, 2 widowed females, 2 widowed persons. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 131 single persons under 18, 75 single males under 18, 56 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 32 inhabited houses, 32 occupied houses, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 2,216 bushels of potatoes, 1,128 bushels of barley, 581 bushels of spring wheat, 400 bushels of rye, 228 bushels of peas and beans, 224 bushels of buckwheat, 222 bushels of oats, 97 acres of hay crops, 75 bushels of turnips, 57 tons of hay, 56 acres of wheat, 24 acres of potatoes, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 199 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:
QC040005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463479
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Val%C3%A9rien,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Val%C3%A9rien_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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. Valérien, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-val-rien-qc040005-1881/.