Ste. Marguerite, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Marguerite was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 700. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142500. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.055°N, 74.027°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Marguerite had a population of 700: 364 male and 336 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. Marguerite & Doncaster, 1871 (44.3% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Ste. Marguerite, 1891 (60.0% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained St. Emile (Wexford), 1891 (40.0% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Marguerite 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 700 total population, 364 males, 336 females, 241 married persons, 129 families, 121 married males, 120 married females, 15 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 444 single persons under 18, 239 single males under 18, 205 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 121 inhabited houses, 121 occupied houses, 1 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,082 bushels of oats, 6,178 bushels of buckwheat, 6,161 bushels of potatoes, 1,099 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1,080 acres of hay crops, 728 tons of hay, 464 bushels of turnips, 392 bushels of barley, 364 bushels of spring wheat, 203 bushels of peas and beans, 74 bushels of other root crops, 52 acres of potatoes, 47 bushels of rye, 46 acres of wheat, 22 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 700 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:
QC094016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC094016— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142500
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson
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. Marguerite, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marguerite-qc094016-1881/.