Ste. Marthe, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Marthe was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,971. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3464374. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.399°N, 74.300°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Marthe had a population of 1,971: 965 male and 1,006 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 1,466 |
| 1861 | 2,659 |
| 1871 | 2,115 |
| 1881 | 1,971 |
| 1891 | 1,610 |
| 1901 | 1,414 |
| 1911 | 1,312 |
| 1921 | 1,190 |
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. Marthe 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 1,971 total population, 1,006 females, 965 males, 617 married persons, 403 families, 310 married males, 307 married females, 62 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,292 single persons under 18, 657 single females under 18, 635 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 331 inhabited houses, 331 occupied houses, 22 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 78,641 bushels of oats, 54,735 bushels of peas and beans, 22,765 bushels of potatoes, 16,168 bushels of barley, 6,449 bushels of spring wheat, 3,549 bushels of corn, 2,132 bushels of buckwheat, 1,960 acres of hay crops, 1,307 tons of hay, 967 acres of wheat, 881 bushels of other root crops, 326 bushels of turnips, 231 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 229 acres of potatoes, 161 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,972 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:
QC075003— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097005— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3464374
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marthe,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Marthe_(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. Marthe, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-marthe-qc075003-1881/.