Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Bonaventure
Carleton, Quebec (1881 census)
Carleton was a census subdivision in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,033. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.167°N, 66.160°W.
Population
In 1881, Carleton had a population of 1,033: 525 male and 508 female residents. Population density was 16.2 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, Carleton shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 149 |
| Number of families | 149 |
| Number of females | 508 |
| Number of males | 525 |
| Number of married females | 129 |
| Number of married males | 129 |
| Number of married persons | 258 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 36 |
| POP TOT | 1,033 |
| Total population | 1,033 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 355 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 384 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 739 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 149 |
| Number of occupied houses | 149 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 705 |
| Acres of potatoes | 286 |
| Acres of wheat | 296 |
| BAR BU | 2,143 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,143 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,628 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 30 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,056 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 2,167 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 611 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 50,098 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 346 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,660 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,633 |
| BWT BU | 3,628 |
| CRN BU | 30 |
| HAY AC | 705 |
| HAY TONS | 771 |
| OAT BU | 7,056 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 611 |
| POT AC | 286 |
| POT BU | 50,098 |
| RYE BU | 346 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 771 |
| WHT AC | 296 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,660 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 700 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 115 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 836 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 82 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 7 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,251 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 183 |
| Number of fishing boats | 93 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 118 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 1,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 208 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 700 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 118 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 93 |
| C UNMD F | 355 |
| C UNMD M | 384 |
| C UNMD TOT | 739 |
| CD NAME | Bonaventure |
| COD DX K | 208 |
| D OCC | 149 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 2 |
| FEMALE | 508 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 183 |
| GRA BU | 16 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 149 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| LOB XC P | 1,000 |
| MALE | 525 |
| MCK XB Q | 115 |
| MD F | 129 |
| MD M | 129 |
| MD TOT | 258 |
| NET XX F | 6,251 |
| NUMBER CD | 38 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 836 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 2,167 |
| SLM XB Q | 82 |
| TRT XB Q | 7 |
| TUR BU | 2,633 |
| WID F | 24 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 36 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC038009 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC044001 — 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). "Carleton, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/carleton-qc038009-1881/.