St. Valier, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Valier was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,372. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.871°N, 70.801°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Valier had a population of 1,372: 656 male and 716 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,915 |
| 1861 | 1,409 |
| 1871 | 1,457 |
| 1881 | 1,372 |
| 1891 | 1,322 |
| 1901 | 1,392 |
| 1911 | 1,278 |
| 1921 | 1,217 |
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. Valier shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,372 total population, 716 females, 656 males, 431 married persons, 322 families, 216 married males, 215 married females, 55 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 23 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 886 single persons under 18, 469 single females under 18, 417 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 232 inhabited houses, 232 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 28,088 bushels of potatoes, 25,545 bushels of oats, 3,788 bushels of turnips, 3,083 acres of hay crops, 3,002 tons of hay, 2,695 bushels of spring wheat, 841 bushels of rye, 679 bushels of buckwheat, 471 bushels of peas and beans, 421 bushels of barley, 370 bushels of other root crops, 288 acres of potatoes, 277 acres of wheat, 112 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 44 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marie Fisbach | 1806–1885 | born here |
| François-Xavier Bélanger | 1833–1882 | born here |
| Laurent Catellier | 1839–1918 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,372 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:
QC045003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC042017— 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. Valier, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-valier-qc045003-1881/.