Ste. Geneviève, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Geneviève, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 751. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912999. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.481°N, 73.869°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Geneviève, Village had a population of 751: 343 male and 408 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 666 |
| 1871 | 672 |
| 1881 | 751 |
| 1891 | 729 |
| 1901 | 735 |
| 1911 | 612 |
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. Geneviève, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 751 total population, 408 females, 343 males, 257 married persons, 152 families, 130 married males, 127 married females, 36 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 9 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 458 single persons under 18, 254 single females under 18, 204 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 138 inhabited houses, 138 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,837 bushels of potatoes, 2,629 bushels of oats, 1,045 bushels of peas and beans, 957 bushels of other root crops, 593 bushels of buckwheat, 426 bushels of spring wheat, 368 bushels of corn, 225 bushels of barley, 126 tons of hay, 99 bushels of turnips, 97 acres of hay crops, 38 acres of potatoes, 26 acres of wheat, 1 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 751 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:
QC092008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC162026— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912999
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. Geneviève, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-genevi-ve-village-qc092008-1881/.