St. Zéphirin, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Zéphirin was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,771. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.042°N, 72.595°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Zéphirin had a population of 1,771: 893 male and 878 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,313 |
| 1861 | 1,641 |
| 1871 | 1,550 |
| 1881 | 1,771 |
| 1901 | 1,695 |
| 1911 | 1,383 |
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. Zéphirin 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 1,771 total population, 893 males, 878 females, 542 married persons, 287 families, 271 married females, 271 married males, 47 widowed persons, 32 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,182 single persons under 18, 607 single males under 18, 575 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 273 inhabited houses, 273 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 40,898 bushels of oats, 23,502 bushels of peas and beans, 10,433 bushels of potatoes, 3,768 bushels of buckwheat, 3,447 bushels of spring wheat, 2,009 tons of hay, 1,698 acres of hay crops, 860 bushels of corn, 733 bushels of other root crops, 675 acres of wheat, 374 bushels of turnips, 203 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 110 acres of potatoes, 49 bushels of barley, 22 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 |
|---|---|---|
| J.-E. (Jules-Ernest) Livernois | 1851–1933 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,771 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:
QC057007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC206014— 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. Zéphirin, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-z-phirin-qc057007-1881/.