Pointe Gatineau, VL, Quebec (1881 census)

Pointe Gatineau, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.476°N, 75.696°W.

Population

In 1881, Pointe Gatineau, VL had a population of 1,460: 748 male and 712 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 was contained in Templeton, VL, 1871 (3.2% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Pointe Gatineau, VL shared boundaries with:

• Hull
• Templeton W-O

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,460 total population, 748 males, 712 females, 500 married persons, 281 families, 251 married females, 249 married males, 50 widowed persons, 35 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 910 single persons under 18, 484 single males under 18, 426 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 252 occupied houses, 251 inhabited houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,725 bushels of oats, 4,429 bushels of potatoes, 2,009 bushels of peas and beans, 1,363 bushels of spring wheat, 1,201 tons of hay, 822 acres of hay crops, 284 bushels of buckwheat, 244 acres of wheat, 202 bushels of turnips, 158 bushels of barley, 147 bushels of other root crops, 55 bushels of rye, 46 bushels of winter wheat, 42 acres of potatoes, 39 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 36 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,460 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: QC097028 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC057034 — 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). "Pointe Gatineau, VL, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-gatineau-vl-qc097028-1881/.