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 67 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 191 |
| Number of families | 191 |
| Number of females | 609 |
| Number of males | 660 |
| Number of married females | 178 |
| Number of married males | 176 |
| Number of married persons | 354 |
| Number of widowed females | 26 |
| Number of widowed males | 16 |
| Number of widowed persons | 42 |
| POP TOT | 1,269 |
| Total population | 1,269 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 405 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 468 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 873 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 174 |
| Number of occupied houses | 174 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,551 |
| Acres of potatoes | 110 |
| Acres of wheat | 772 |
| BAR BU | 362 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 362 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,080 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 40 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 2,017 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 30,930 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 583 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 10,535 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,264 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,822 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 5,859 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 467 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 70 |
| BWT BU | 1,080 |
| CRN BU | 2,017 |
| HAY AC | 1,551 |
| HAY TONS | 1,394 |
| OAT BU | 30,930 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 10,535 |
| POT AC | 110 |
| POT BU | 11,264 |
| RYE BU | 2,822 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,394 |
| WHT AC | 772 |
| WHT SP BU | 5,859 |
| WHT WTR BU | 70 |
Other recorded variables (19 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 405 |
| C UNMD M | 468 |
| C UNMD TOT | 873 |
| D OCC | 174 |
| FEMALE | 609 |
| GRA BU | 40 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 174 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| MALE | 660 |
| MD F | 178 |
| MD M | 176 |
| MD TOT | 354 |
| NUMBER CD | 98 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 583 |
| TUR BU | 467 |
| WID F | 26 |
| WID M | 16 |
| WID TOT | 42 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC098012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC079006_1861 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: Q3205666
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/.