St. Valérien, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Valérien was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,806. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3463478. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.567°N, 72.706°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Valérien had a population of 1,806: 937 male and 869 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,806 |
| 1891 | 1,906 |
| 1901 | 1,795 |
| 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. Valérien shared boundaries with:
- Roxton
- St. André
- St. Dominique
- St. Ephrem d'Upton
- St. Liboire, VL
- Ste. Cécile de Milton
- Ste. Prudentienne
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,806 total population, 937 males, 869 females, 616 married persons, 333 families, 311 married males, 305 married females, 35 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,155 single persons under 18, 617 single males under 18, 538 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 321 occupied houses, 320 inhabited houses, 25 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 23,807 bushels of oats, 7,780 bushels of peas and beans, 5,563 bushels of potatoes, 3,392 bushels of spring wheat, 2,299 acres of hay crops, 2,221 tons of hay, 1,166 bushels of corn, 911 bushels of barley, 559 bushels of buckwheat, 425 acres of wheat, 355 bushels of other root crops, 271 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 90 acres of potatoes, 90 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,806 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:
QC059004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC197009_1881— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3463478
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Val%C3%A9rien-de-Milton
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Val%C3%A9rien-de-Milton
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-qc059004-1881/.