Inverness W-O, Quebec (1881 census)

Inverness W-O was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 631. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.268°N, 71.557°W.

Population

In 1881, Inverness W-O had a population of 631: 331 male and 300 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 Inverness, 1871 (59.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Inverness W-O shared boundaries with:

• Halifax N
• Halifax S
• Inverness E
• Nelson
• Somerset N
• Somerset S
• Ste. Anastasie

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 631 total population, 331 males, 300 females, 184 married persons, 109 families, 92 married females, 92 married males, 18 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 6 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 429 single persons under 18, 233 single males under 18, 196 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 109 inhabited houses, 109 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 3 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,006 bushels of oats, 6,620 bushels of potatoes, 1,893 acres of hay crops, 1,727 tons of hay, 1,476 bushels of barley, 1,422 bushels of buckwheat, 1,389 bushels of turnips, 1,082 bushels of spring wheat, 323 bushels of peas and beans, 94 acres of wheat, 78 bushels of rye, 76 acres of potatoes, 44 bushels of other root crops, 42 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 8 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 631 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: QC050006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC050006 — 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). "Inverness W-O, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/inverness-w-o-qc050006-1881/.