Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Cap Rosier, Quebec (1881 census)
Cap Rosier was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 850. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.847°N, 64.256°W.
Population
In 1881, Cap Rosier had a population of 850: 470 male and 380 female residents. Population density was 27.4 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, Cap Rosier 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 | 153 |
| Number of families | 153 |
| Number of females | 380 |
| Number of males | 470 |
| Number of married females | 127 |
| Number of married males | 129 |
| Number of married persons | 256 |
| Number of widowed females | 16 |
| Number of widowed males | 8 |
| Number of widowed persons | 24 |
| POP TOT | 850 |
| Total population | 850 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 237 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 333 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 570 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 134 |
| Number of occupied houses | 134 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (18 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 315 |
| Acres of potatoes | 81 |
| Acres of wheat | 38 |
| BAR BU | 1,343 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,343 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,668 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 135 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 10,537 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 892 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,694 |
| HAY AC | 315 |
| HAY TONS | 558 |
| OAT BU | 1,668 |
| POT AC | 81 |
| POT BU | 10,537 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 558 |
| WHT AC | 38 |
| WHT SP BU | 892 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 5,947 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 48 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 38 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 5,128 |
| Number of fishing boats | 292 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 299 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 3 |
| Number of shoremen | 74 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 9,873 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 5,947 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 299 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 292 |
| C UNMD F | 237 |
| C UNMD M | 333 |
| C UNMD TOT | 570 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 9,873 |
| D OCC | 134 |
| FEMALE | 380 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 5,128 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 134 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| MALE | 470 |
| MCK XB Q | 48 |
| MD F | 127 |
| MD M | 129 |
| MD TOT | 256 |
| NET XX F | 38 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 135 |
| SAR XB Q | 3 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 74 |
| SLM XB Q | 10 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 2,694 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 3 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 16 |
| WID M | 8 |
| WID TOT | 24 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC159002 — 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). "Cap Rosier, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/cap-rosier-qc039008-1881/.