Ste. Catherine, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Catherine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,202. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141565. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.882°N, 71.621°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Catherine had a population of 1,202: 621 male and 581 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,789 |
| 1861 | 1,670 |
| 1871 | 1,263 |
| 1881 | 1,202 |
| 1891 | 1,103 |
| 1901 | 1,137 |
| 1911 | 1,158 |
| 1921 | 1,072 |
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. Catherine shared boundaries with:
- Ancienne Lorette
- Bourg Louis, Village
- St. Ambroise
- St. Augustin
- St. Gabriel de Valcartier
- St. Gabriel W-O
- St. Raymond-Nonnat
- Ste. Jeanne de Neuville
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,202 total population, 621 males, 581 females, 352 married persons, 201 families, 177 married males, 175 married females, 46 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 22 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 804 single persons under 18, 422 single males under 18, 382 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 190 inhabited houses, 190 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 55,202 bushels of potatoes, 39,584 bushels of oats, 1,655 bushels of buckwheat, 1,569 acres of hay crops, 1,284 bushels of turnips, 1,073 tons of hay, 825 bushels of peas and beans, 417 bushels of winter wheat, 392 acres of potatoes, 301 bushels of barley, 170 bushels of corn, 30 acres of wheat, 22 bushels of other root crops, 21 bushels of rye, 8 bushels of spring wheat, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,202 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:
QC081007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC080013— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q141565
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
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. Catherine, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-catherine-qc081007-1881/.