Ste. Croix, Quebec (1881 census)

Ste. Croix was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,377. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464232. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.600°N, 71.686°W.

Population

In 1881, Ste. Croix had a population of 2,377: 1,198 male and 1,179 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Ste. Croix, 1891 (93.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Ste. Croix shared boundaries with:

• Lotbinière, VL
• St. Antoine
• St. Apollinaire
• St. Edouard
• St. Flavien, VL

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 2,377 total population, 1,198 males, 1,179 females, 712 married persons, 367 families, 357 married males, 355 married females, 88 widowed persons, 46 widowed males, 42 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,577 single persons under 18, 795 single males under 18, 782 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 326 inhabited houses, 326 occupied houses, 35 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 59,655 bushels of oats, 26,549 bushels of potatoes, 5,767 bushels of buckwheat, 4,469 bushels of spring wheat, 3,603 tons of hay, 3,600 acres of hay crops, 2,267 bushels of peas and beans, 1,729 bushels of barley, 1,455 bushels of other root crops, 567 bushels of turnips, 504 acres of wheat, 418 bushels of corn, 255 bushels of rye, 224 acres of potatoes, 217 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (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.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,377 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: QC049005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC068007 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3464232
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Croix,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Croix_(Qu%C3%A9bec)

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. Croix, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-croix-qc049005-1881/.