Ste. Martine, Quebec (1881 census)

Ste. Martine was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,278. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112913082. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.230°N, 73.807°W.

Population

In 1881, Ste. Martine had a population of 2,278: 1,161 male and 1,117 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 contained Ste. Martine, 1891 (75.8% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

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

• Howick, VL
• Melocheville, St. Clément
• St. Etienne
• St. Jean Chrysostome
• St. Joachim
• St. Malachie
• St. Urbain Premier
• Ste. Philomène

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 2,278 total population, 1,161 males, 1,117 females, 719 married persons, 475 families, 361 married males, 358 married females, 82 widowed persons, 56 widowed females, 26 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,477 single persons under 18, 774 single males under 18, 703 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 388 inhabited houses, 388 occupied houses, 16 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 80,928 bushels of peas and beans, 61,457 bushels of oats, 41,929 bushels of potatoes, 4,186 bushels of barley, 3,788 acres of hay crops, 3,280 bushels of buckwheat, 2,877 bushels of other root crops, 2,734 bushels of spring wheat, 2,450 tons of hay, 2,135 bushels of corn, 358 acres of potatoes, 304 acres of wheat, 278 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 154 bushels of turnips, 26 bushels of winter wheat. (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 2,278 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: QC071002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC049006_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112913082

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. Martine, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-martine-qc071002-1881/.