Ste. Thérèse, Village, Quebec (1881 census)

Ste. Thérèse, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,314. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142087. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.638°N, 73.841°W.

Population

In 1881, Ste. Thérèse, Village had a population of 1,314: 640 male and 674 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Ste. Thérèse, Village, 1871 (75.9% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Ste. Thérèse, Village shared boundaries with:

• Ste. Thérèse

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 1,314 total population, 674 females, 640 males, 470 married persons, 331 families, 236 married males, 234 married females, 59 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 20 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 785 single persons under 18, 401 single females under 18, 384 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 270 inhabited houses, 270 occupied houses, 6 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,863 bushels of potatoes, 5,785 bushels of oats, 3,363 bushels of turnips, 1,079 bushels of peas and beans, 794 bushels of spring wheat, 542 bushels of buckwheat, 411 bushels of other root crops, 410 tons of hay, 340 acres of hay crops, 319 bushels of barley, 319 bushels of corn, 73 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of rye, 57 acres of wheat, 33 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,314 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: QC094003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC202021 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142087
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se

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. Thérèse, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-th-r-se-village-qc094003-1881/.