Vaudreuil, Quebec (1881 census)
Vaudreuil was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,857. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q137738888. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.413°N, 74.093°W.
Population
In 1881, Vaudreuil had a population of 1,857: 951 male and 906 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 Vaudreuil, 1871 (58.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Vaudreuil, 1891 (94.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Como, VL, 1891 (5.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Vaudreuil 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 1,857 total population, 951 males, 906 females, 603 married persons, 359 families, 303 married males, 300 married females, 70 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 28 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,184 single persons under 18, 620 single males under 18, 564 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 306 inhabited houses, 306 occupied houses, 59 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 53,594 bushels of peas and beans, 53,153 bushels of oats, 23,367 bushels of potatoes, 14,031 bushels of barley, 7,792 bushels of spring wheat, 4,926 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 3,532 bushels of other root crops, 3,011 bushels of corn, 2,443 acres of hay crops, 2,386 bushels of buckwheat, 2,240 tons of hay, 1,171 bushels of rye, 989 acres of wheat, 804 bushels of turnips, 227 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,859 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:
QC075006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC075006— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q137738888
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). "Vaudreuil, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/vaudreuil-qc075006-1881/.