Carleton, Quebec (1881 census)

Carleton was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,033. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242734. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.167°N, 66.160°W.

Population

In 1881, Carleton had a population of 1,033: 525 male and 508 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Carleton shared boundaries with:

• Maria
• NO DATA
• Nouvelle & Shoolbred E
• Tracadièche

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,033 total population, 525 males, 508 females, 258 married persons, 149 families, 129 married females, 129 married males, 36 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 12 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 739 single persons under 18, 384 single males under 18, 355 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 149 inhabited houses, 149 occupied houses, 7 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,098 bushels of potatoes, 7,056 bushels of oats, 3,628 bushels of buckwheat, 2,660 bushels of spring wheat, 2,633 bushels of turnips, 2,167 bushels of other root crops, 2,143 bushels of barley, 771 tons of hay, 705 acres of hay crops, 611 bushels of peas and beans, 346 bushels of rye, 296 acres of wheat, 286 acres of potatoes, 30 bushels of corn, 16 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 6,251 fathoms of fishing nets, 836 barrels of other fish, 700 barrels of herring or alewives, 208 quintals of cod, 183 gallons of fish oil, 118 men on fishing boats, 115 barrels of mackerel, 93 fishing boats, 82 barrels of salmon, 7 barrels of trout, 2 barrels of eels, 2 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people 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 1,033 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: QC038009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044001_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63242734

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). "Carleton, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/carleton-qc038009-1881/.