Calumet Island, Quebec (1881 census)

Calumet Island was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,269. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3205666. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.739°N, 76.685°W.

Population

In 1881, Calumet Island had a population of 1,269: 660 male and 609 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).

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,269 total population, 660 males, 609 females, 354 married persons, 191 families, 178 married females, 176 married males, 42 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 873 single persons under 18, 468 single males under 18, 405 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 174 inhabited houses, 174 occupied houses, 9 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 30,930 bushels of oats, 11,264 bushels of potatoes, 10,535 bushels of peas and beans, 5,859 bushels of spring wheat, 2,822 bushels of rye, 2,017 bushels of corn, 1,551 acres of hay crops, 1,394 tons of hay, 1,080 bushels of buckwheat, 772 acres of wheat, 583 bushels of other root crops, 467 bushels of turnips, 362 bushels of barley, 110 acres of potatoes, 70 bushels of winter wheat, 40 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,270 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: QC098012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC079006 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q3205666
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%8Ele-du-Grand-Calumet

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). "Calumet Island, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/calumet-island-qc098012-1881/.