Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Charlevoix
Baie St. Paul, Quebec (1881 census)
Baie St. Paul was a census subdivision in Charlevoix County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,794. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.428°N, 70.662°W.
Population
In 1881, Baie St. Paul had a population of 3,794: 1,884 male and 1,910 female residents. Population density was 17.3 people per square mile.
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, Baie St. Paul shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 96 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 720 |
| Number of families | 720 |
| Number of females | 1,910 |
| Number of males | 1,884 |
| Number of married females | 607 |
| Number of married males | 615 |
| Number of married persons | 1,222 |
| Number of widowed females | 76 |
| Number of widowed males | 42 |
| Number of widowed persons | 118 |
| POP TOT | 3,794 |
| Total population | 3,794 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 1,227 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 1,227 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 2,454 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 602 |
| Number of occupied houses | 602 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 61 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 2,269 |
| Acres of potatoes | 275 |
| Acres of wheat | 1,075 |
| BAR BU | 7,357 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 7,357 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 10,108 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 61 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 45 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 30,298 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,278 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 2,476 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 40,114 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 25,358 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 8,685 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,361 |
| BWT BU | 10,108 |
| CRN BU | 45 |
| HAY AC | 2,269 |
| HAY TONS | 3,955 |
| OAT BU | 30,298 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 2,476 |
| POT AC | 275 |
| POT BU | 40,114 |
| RYE BU | 25,358 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 3,955 |
| WHT AC | 1,075 |
| WHT SP BU | 8,685 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 50 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 25 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 27 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 200 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 9 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 5,229 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 400 |
| Number of fishing boats | 4 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 8 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 3 |
| Number of shoremen | 5 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 102 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 25 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 25 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 8 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 4 |
| C UNMD F | 1,227 |
| C UNMD M | 1,227 |
| C UNMD TOT | 2,454 |
| CD NAME | Charlevoix |
| COD DX K | 102 |
| D OCC | 602 |
| EEL XB Q | 50 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 25 |
| FEMALE | 1,910 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 400 |
| GRA BU | 61 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 602 |
| H UNINH | 61 |
| MALE | 1,884 |
| MCK XB Q | 2 |
| MD F | 607 |
| MD M | 615 |
| MD TOT | 1,222 |
| NET XX F | 5,229 |
| NUMBER CD | 77 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 27 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,278 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 5 |
| SLM XB Q | 200 |
| TRT XB Q | 9 |
| TUR BU | 1,361 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 3 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 76 |
| WID M | 42 |
| WID TOT | 118 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048001 — 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). "Baie St. Paul, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/baie-st-paul-qc077012-1881/.