Notre Dame du Mont Carmel, Quebec (1881 census)

Notre Dame du Mont Carmel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,336. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112911771. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.518°N, 72.665°W.

Population

In 1881, Notre Dame du Mont Carmel had a population of 1,336: 710 male and 626 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).

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 contained Mont Carmel, 1871 (66.8% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Notre Dame du Mont Carmel shared boundaries with:

• St. Maurice
• St. Narcisse
• St. Tite, T-V

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 31 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,336 total population, 710 males, 626 females, 419 married persons, 220 families, 213 married males, 206 married females, 21 widowed persons, 11 widowed males, 10 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 896 single persons under 18, 486 single males under 18, 410 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 217 inhabited houses, 217 occupied houses, 41 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 37,359 bushels of oats, 15,942 bushels of potatoes, 3,888 bushels of peas and beans, 3,683 bushels of buckwheat, 1,671 bushels of turnips, 1,636 bushels of spring wheat, 1,044 bushels of barley, 946 tons of hay, 878 acres of hay crops, 680 bushels of rye, 402 bushels of corn, 181 acres of wheat, 128 acres of potatoes, 47 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,336 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: QC082009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC047004_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q112911771

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). "Notre Dame du Mont Carmel, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-du-mont-carmel-qc082009-1881/.