Ste. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c, Quebec (1881 census)

Ste. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c was a city in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,325. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.025°N, 69.856°W.

Population

In 1881, Ste. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c had a population of 1,325: 707 male and 618 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Elgin & Taché, 1891 (54.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained St. Pamphile, 1891 (45.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Ste. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c shared boundaries with:

• Fournier, St. Aubert
• St. Cyrille, Lessard, Beaubien, Arago, Leverrier
• St. Onésime, Ixworth & Chapais
• Ste. Louise, Ashford

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 1,325 total population, 707 males, 618 females, 401 married persons, 226 families, 201 married males, 200 married females, 28 widowed persons, 16 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 896 single persons under 18, 494 single males under 18, 402 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 193 inhabited houses, 193 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 16,031 bushels of potatoes, 8,938 bushels of oats, 4,876 bushels of barley, 1,814 acres of hay crops, 1,452 bushels of buckwheat, 1,437 bushels of spring wheat, 1,255 bushels of turnips, 1,128 bushels of rye, 1,057 tons of hay, 506 bushels of peas and beans, 194 acres of potatoes, 150 acres of wheat, 76 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 49 bushels of other root crops, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,325 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: QC043008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC043008 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

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. Perpétue, St. Pamphile, Casgrain, Dionne & c, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-perp-tue-st-pamphile-casgrain-dionne-c-qc043008-1881/.