Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Temiscouata
Cacouna, Quebec (1881 census)
Cacouna was a census subdivision in Temiscouata County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,047. 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 density was 50.6 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, Cacouna shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 200 |
| Number of families | 200 |
| Number of females | 511 |
| Number of males | 536 |
| Number of married females | 153 |
| Number of married males | 158 |
| Number of married persons | 311 |
| Number of widowed females | 29 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 43 |
| POP TOT | 1,047 |
| Total population | 1,047 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 329 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 364 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 693 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 135 |
| Number of occupied houses | 135 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,574 |
| Acres of potatoes | 256 |
| Acres of wheat | 413 |
| BAR BU | 2,023 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,023 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 96 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 13 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 18 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 13,193 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 102 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 445 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 36,058 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,514 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,060 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 451 |
| BWT BU | 96 |
| CRN BU | 18 |
| HAY AC | 1,574 |
| HAY TONS | 1,576 |
| OAT BU | 13,193 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 445 |
| POT AC | 256 |
| POT BU | 36,058 |
| RYE BU | 2,514 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,576 |
| WHT AC | 413 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,060 |
Fisheries (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,203 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 279 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 15 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 184 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 13 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 69 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 20 |
Other recorded variables (28 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,203 |
| C UNMD F | 329 |
| C UNMD M | 364 |
| C UNMD TOT | 693 |
| CD NAME | Temiscouata |
| D OCC | 135 |
| EEL XB Q | 8 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 20 |
| FEMALE | 511 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 69 |
| GRA BU | 13 |
| H INHAB | 135 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 536 |
| MD F | 153 |
| MD M | 158 |
| MD TOT | 311 |
| NUMBER CD | 41 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 279 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 102 |
| SAR XB Q | 184 |
| SHD XB Q | 13 |
| SLM XB Q | 15 |
| TUR BU | 451 |
| WID F | 29 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 43 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC041007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC095002 — 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). "Cacouna, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cacouna-qc041007-1881/.