Grande Vallée des Monts, Quebec (1881 census)
Grande Vallée des Monts was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 713. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3114889. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.162°N, 65.124°W.
Population
In 1881, Grande Vallée des Monts had a population of 713: 369 male and 344 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 318 |
| 1881 | 713 |
| 1891 | 575 |
| 1901 | 314 |
| 1911 | 570 |
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, Grande Vallée des Monts shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 713 total population, 369 males, 344 females, 216 married persons, 113 families, 108 married females, 108 married males, 15 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 4 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 482 single persons under 18, 250 single males under 18, 232 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 102 inhabited houses, 102 occupied houses, 8 houses under construction, 6 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 6,339 bushels of potatoes, 1,513 bushels of barley, 1,388 bushels of spring wheat, 1,197 bushels of oats, 857 bushels of other root crops, 599 bushels of turnips, 481 bushels of peas and beans, 143 acres of wheat, 134 bushels of rye, 120 acres of hay crops, 114 tons of hay, 48 acres of potatoes. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 8,373 quintals of cod, 2,836 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,265 gallons of fish oil, 723 barrels of herring or alewives, 135 men on fishing boats, 123 barrels of mackerel, 90 fishing boats, 54 barrels of other fish, 12 barrels of salmon, 4 barrels of trout, 3 barrels of halibut, 1 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of sardines, 4 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 713 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:
QC039004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC159010— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3114889
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande-Vall%C3%A9e
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande-Vall%C3%A9e
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). "Grande Vallée des Monts, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grande-vall-e-des-monts-qc039004-1881/.