St. Valentin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Valentin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,030. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912847. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.151°N, 73.313°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Valentin had a population of 2,030: 1,063 male and 967 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 3,052 |
| 1861 | 2,915 |
| 1871 | 2,148 |
| 1881 | 2,030 |
| 1891 | 1,788 |
| 1901 | 563 |
| 1911 | 561 |
| 1921 | 535 |
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. Valentin shared boundaries with:
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 2,030 total population, 1,063 males, 967 females, 631 married persons, 327 families, 316 married males, 315 married females, 64 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,335 single persons under 18, 724 single males under 18, 611 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 326 inhabited houses, 326 occupied houses, 23 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 68,050 bushels of oats, 19,765 bushels of potatoes, 17,100 bushels of peas and beans, 8,700 bushels of buckwheat, 5,819 acres of hay crops, 5,283 bushels of corn, 4,857 tons of hay, 2,891 bushels of barley, 2,633 bushels of spring wheat, 1,162 bushels of other root crops, 397 acres of wheat, 286 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 186 bushels of turnips, 174 acres of potatoes, 86 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| François Bourassa | 1813–1898 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,030 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:
QC068002— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC092008_1911— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912847
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. Valentin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valentin-qc068002-1881/.