Ste. Anne des Plaines, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Anne des Plaines was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,677. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141492. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.765°N, 73.815°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Anne des Plaines had a population of 1,677: 836 male and 841 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,677 |
| 1891 | 1,717 |
| 1901 | 1,728 |
| 1911 | 1,778 |
| 1921 | 1,762 |
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, Ste. Anne des Plaines 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 1,677 total population, 841 females, 836 males, 554 married persons, 321 families, 278 married males, 276 married females, 53 widowed persons, 31 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,070 single persons under 18, 536 single males under 18, 534 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 298 inhabited houses, 298 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 34,636 bushels of potatoes, 33,486 bushels of oats, 31,566 bushels of peas and beans, 5,654 bushels of spring wheat, 5,156 tons of hay, 4,444 acres of hay crops, 3,201 bushels of buckwheat, 2,888 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,803 bushels of other root crops, 1,109 bushels of barley, 675 bushels of corn, 496 acres of wheat, 278 acres of potatoes, 95 bushels of turnips, 65 bushels of winter wheat. (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 |
|---|---|---|
| Joseph-Octave Villeneuve | 1836–1901 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,677 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:
QC094006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC096008_1901— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141492
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
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). "Ste. Anne des Plaines, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-anne-des-plaines-qc094006-1881/.