Ste. Brigitte, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Brigitte was a township in Quebec (Canada West / Ontario), recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 784. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.032°N, 72.487°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Brigitte had a population of 784: 401 male and 383 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 548 |
| 1881 | 784 |
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. Brigitte shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 65 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 123 |
| Number of families | 123 |
| Number of females | 383 |
| Number of males | 401 |
| Number of married females | 120 |
| Number of married males | 118 |
| Number of married persons | 238 |
| Number of widowed females | 13 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 18 |
| POP TOT | 784 |
| Total population | 784 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 250 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 278 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 528 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 105 |
| Number of occupied houses | 105 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 18 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 605 |
| Acres of potatoes | 95 |
| Acres of wheat | 93 |
| BAR BU | 22 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,269 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 39 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 598 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 13,151 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 191 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,507 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 8,173 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 378 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 204 |
| BWT BU | 1,269 |
| CRN BU | 598 |
| HAY AC | 605 |
| HAY TONS | 537 |
| OAT BU | 13,151 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,507 |
| POT AC | 95 |
| POT BU | 8,173 |
| RYE BU | 2 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 537 |
| WHT AC | 93 |
| WHT SP BU | 378 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 250 |
| C UNMD M | 278 |
| C UNMD TOT | 528 |
| D OCC | 105 |
| FEMALE | 383 |
| GRA BU | 39 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 105 |
| H UNINH | 18 |
| MALE | 401 |
| MD F | 120 |
| MD M | 118 |
| MD TOT | 238 |
| NUMBER CD | 51 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 191 |
| TUR BU | 204 |
| WID F | 13 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 18 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC051014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC051014— 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). "Ste. Brigitte, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-brigitte-qc051014-1881/.