Cap Chat, Quebec (1881 census)
Cap Chat was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,427. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63242728. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.072°N, 66.639°W.
Population
In 1881, Cap Chat had a population of 1,427: 760 male and 667 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 966 |
| 1861 | 450 |
| 1871 | 930 |
| 1881 | 1,427 |
| 1891 | 1,237 |
| 1901 | 1,416 |
| 1911 | 1,469 |
| 1921 | 1,897 |
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, Cap Chat shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,427 total population, 760 males, 667 females, 432 married persons, 216 families, 216 married females, 216 married males, 22 widowed persons, 14 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 973 single persons under 18, 536 single males under 18, 437 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 168 inhabited houses, 168 occupied houses, 20 uninhabited houses, 9 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 33,791 bushels of potatoes, 6,726 bushels of spring wheat, 6,017 bushels of oats, 5,141 bushels of barley, 3,280 bushels of rye, 2,722 bushels of peas and beans, 1,864 bushels of other root crops, 1,049 acres of hay crops, 727 acres of wheat, 580 tons of hay, 475 bushels of turnips, 383 bushels of buckwheat, 284 bushels of winter wheat, 217 acres of potatoes, 25 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 5,150 barrels of other fish, 4,854 quintals of cod, 1,269 gallons of fish oil, 1,078 fathoms of fishing nets, 603 barrels of herring or alewives, 194 barrels of mackerel, 190 men on fishing boats, 106 fishing boats, 22 barrels of trout, 14 barrels of halibut, 12 barrels of salmon, 11 shoremen, 5 quintals of fascines fish, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 26 barrels of sardines, 48 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,427 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:
QC039001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056003— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q63242728
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). "Cap Chat, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-chat-qc039001-1881/.