Cacouna, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Cacouna, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 648. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2932587. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.903°N, 69.502°W.
Population
In 1881, Cacouna, Village had a population of 648: 312 male and 336 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 641 |
| 1881 | 648 |
| 1891 | 620 |
| 1901 | 589 |
| 1911 | 517 |
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, Village 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 648 total population, 336 females, 312 males, 187 married persons, 116 families, 94 married females, 93 married males, 26 widowed persons, 15 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 435 single persons under 18, 227 single females under 18, 208 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 93 inhabited houses, 93 occupied houses, 55 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,382 bushels of potatoes, 3,536 bushels of oats, 823 bushels of turnips, 773 bushels of spring wheat, 615 bushels of barley, 485 tons of hay, 456 acres of hay crops, 440 acres of wheat, 317 bushels of rye, 249 bushels of other root crops, 210 bushels of peas and beans, 91 acres of potatoes, 66 bushels of buckwheat, 8 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,370 barrels of herring or alewives, 439 barrels of other fish, 71 gallons of fish oil, 15 barrels of eels, 10 barrels of salmon, 8 quintals of fascines fish, 2 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1,030 barrels of sardines, 10 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 648 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:
QC041006— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC201024— 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, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cacouna-village-qc041006-1881/.