Petite Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)

Petite Rivière was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 765. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3377323. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.310°N, 70.608°W.

Population

In 1881, Petite Rivière had a population of 765: 387 male and 378 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, Petite Rivière shared boundaries with:

• Baie St. Paul
• NO DATA
• St. Tite des Caps

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 765 total population, 387 males, 378 females, 244 married persons, 140 families, 122 married females, 122 married males, 24 widowed persons, 14 widowed males, 10 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 497 single persons under 18, 251 single males under 18, 246 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 139 inhabited houses, 139 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,355 bushels of oats, 2,951 bushels of rye, 1,890 bushels of potatoes, 1,879 bushels of barley, 1,300 bushels of buckwheat, 820 bushels of spring wheat, 524 tons of hay, 449 acres of hay crops, 96 bushels of other root crops, 91 acres of wheat, 72 bushels of peas and beans, 46 acres of potatoes, 4 bushels of corn, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 369 barrels of eels, 150 quintals of fascines fish, 145 fathoms of fishing nets, 50 barrels of other fish, 9 fishing boats, 9 men on fishing boats, 6 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 765 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: QC077007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048005_1851 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3377323
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite-Rivi%C3%A8re-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petite-Rivi%C3%A8re-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois

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). "Petite Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/petite-rivi-re-qc077007-1881/.