St. Vincent de Paul, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Vincent de Paul was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,492. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912862. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.627°N, 73.665°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Vincent de Paul had a population of 2,492: 1,191 male and 1,301 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 2,385 |
| 1861 | 2,422 |
| 1871 | 2,320 |
| 1881 | 2,492 |
| 1891 | 2,519 |
| 1921 | 3,571 |
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. Vincent de Paul 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 2,492 total population, 1,301 females, 1,191 males, 771 married persons, 452 families, 387 married males, 384 married females, 99 widowed persons, 62 widowed females, 37 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,622 single persons under 18, 855 single females under 18, 767 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 429 inhabited houses, 429 occupied houses, 44 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 70,446 bushels of potatoes, 59,615 bushels of oats, 20,742 bushels of peas and beans, 18,582 bushels of other root crops, 4,884 bushels of buckwheat, 3,493 tons of hay, 2,630 bushels of corn, 2,480 bushels of turnips, 2,453 acres of hay crops, 2,381 bushels of spring wheat, 1,884 bushels of barley, 468 acres of potatoes, 449 acres of wheat, 245 bushels of rye, 243 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph du Sacré-Coeur | 1823–1902 | born here |
| Joseph Tassé | 1848–1895 | born here |
| Pierre-Évariste LeBlanc | 1853–1918 | born here |
| Alexandre Fraser | 1881–1932 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,467 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:
QC093001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076046— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912862
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. Vincent de Paul, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-vincent-de-paul-qc093001-1881/.