L’Anse au Griffon, Quebec (1881 census)
L’Anse au Griffon was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 907. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.918°N, 64.295°W.
Population
In 1881, L’Anse au Griffon had a population of 907: 499 male and 408 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 679 |
| 1881 | 907 |
| 1891 | 1,030 |
| 1901 | 792 |
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, L’Anse au Griffon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 907 total population, 499 males, 408 females, 257 married persons, 157 families, 130 married males, 127 married females, 25 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 625 single persons under 18, 362 single males under 18, 263 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 134 inhabited houses, 134 occupied houses, 13 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,869 bushels of potatoes, 3,632 bushels of barley, 3,408 bushels of oats, 2,149 bushels of turnips, 1,461 bushels of spring wheat, 619 tons of hay, 472 bushels of other root crops, 361 acres of hay crops, 84 acres of potatoes, 61 acres of wheat, 61 bushels of rye, 8 bushels of winter wheat, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,635 quintals of cod, 5,005 barrels of herring or alewives, 4,392 fathoms of fishing nets, 4,100 gallons of fish oil, 210 men on fishing boats, 170 fishing boats, 49 shoremen, 38 barrels of mackerel, 12 barrels of halibut, 2 barrels of salmon, 2 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 130 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 907 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:
QC039007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154012— 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). "L’Anse au Griffon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-anse-au-griffon-qc039007-1881/.