Ste. Famille, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Famille was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 817. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464255. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.960°N, 70.949°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Famille had a population of 817: 384 male and 433 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 850 |
| 1861 | 888 |
| 1871 | 834 |
| 1881 | 817 |
| 1891 | 786 |
| 1901 | 751 |
| 1911 | 618 |
| 1921 | 719 |
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. Famille 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 817 total population, 433 females, 384 males, 245 married persons, 134 families, 123 married males, 122 married females, 32 widowed persons, 20 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 540 single persons under 18, 291 single females under 18, 249 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 113 inhabited houses, 113 occupied houses, 7 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 26,170 bushels of potatoes, 23,825 bushels of oats, 4,206 bushels of turnips, 2,223 tons of hay, 1,690 bushels of rye, 1,679 acres of hay crops, 1,539 bushels of spring wheat, 1,233 bushels of peas and beans, 1,084 bushels of other root crops, 402 bushels of buckwheat, 331 bushels of barley, 151 acres of potatoes, 142 acres of wheat, 98 bushels of corn, 1 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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio Walker | 1858–1938 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 817 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:
QC078005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464255
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Famille-de-l%27%C3%8Ele-d%27Orl%C3%A9ans
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. Famille, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-famille-qc078005-1881/.