Cacouna, Quebec (1881 census)
Cacouna was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,047. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2932587. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.930°N, 69.461°W.
Population
In 1881, Cacouna had a population of 1,047: 536 male and 511 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,335 |
| 1881 | 1,047 |
| 1891 | 899 |
| 1901 | 707 |
| 1911 | 653 |
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, Cacouna shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,047 total population, 536 males, 511 females, 311 married persons, 200 families, 158 married males, 153 married females, 43 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 693 single persons under 18, 364 single males under 18, 329 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 135 inhabited houses, 135 occupied houses, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 36,058 bushels of potatoes, 13,193 bushels of oats, 3,060 bushels of spring wheat, 2,514 bushels of rye, 2,023 bushels of barley, 1,576 tons of hay, 1,574 acres of hay crops, 451 bushels of turnips, 445 bushels of peas and beans, 413 acres of wheat, 256 acres of potatoes, 102 bushels of other root crops, 96 bushels of buckwheat, 18 bushels of corn, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,203 barrels of herring or alewives, 279 barrels of other fish, 69 gallons of fish oil, 20 quintals of fascines fish, 15 barrels of salmon, 8 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of halibut. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 184 barrels of sardines, 13 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Georges-Honoré Deschênes | 1841–1892 | born here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,048 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:
QC041007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC201002— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2932587
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacouna
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacouna
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). "Cacouna, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cacouna-qc041007-1881/.