Ste. Clothilde, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Clothilde was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 503. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.988°N, 72.228°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Clothilde had a population of 503: 269 male and 234 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Ste. Clothilde, 1871 (85.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Ste. Clothilde d'Horton, 1891 (71.8% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Clothilde 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 503 total population, 269 males, 234 females, 183 married persons, 100 families, 92 married males, 91 married females, 11 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 309 single persons under 18, 173 single males under 18, 136 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 75 inhabited houses, 75 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,134 bushels of oats, 2,701 bushels of potatoes, 494 bushels of buckwheat, 400 acres of hay crops, 328 tons of hay, 271 bushels of peas and beans, 201 bushels of corn, 170 bushels of spring wheat, 158 bushels of other root crops, 135 bushels of turnips, 52 acres of potatoes, 50 bushels of barley, 32 acres of wheat, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 10 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 503 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:
QC052028— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC052028— 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. Clothilde, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-clothilde-qc052028-1881/.