Chicoutimi, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,935. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q952269. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.422°N, 71.073°W.
Population
In 1881, Chicoutimi, Town—Ville had a population of 1,935: 992 male and 943 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,935 |
| 1891 | 2,277 |
| 1901 | 3,826 |
| 1911 | 5,880 |
| 1921 | 8,937 |
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, Chicoutimi, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,935 total population, 992 males, 943 females, 564 married persons, 327 families, 284 married females, 280 married males, 62 widowed persons, 41 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,309 single persons under 18, 691 single males under 18, 618 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 267 inhabited houses, 267 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 3,506 bushels of potatoes, 2,693 bushels of oats, 1,981 bushels of spring wheat, 630 bushels of peas and beans, 368 bushels of turnips, 294 acres of hay crops, 261 bushels of barley, 256 tons of hay, 176 acres of wheat, 57 bushels of buckwheat, 37 acres of potatoes, 26 bushels of other root crops, 7 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 100 quintals of cod, 25 gallons of fish oil, 11 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 5 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Dominique Racine | 1828–1888 | died here |
| Françoise Simard | 1851–1937 | died here |
| E. (Elzéar) DeLamarre | 1854–1925 | died here |
| Joseph-Dominique Guay | 1866–1925 | born and died here |
| Michel-Thomas Labrecque | d. 1932 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,935 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:
QC076016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC050018— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q952269
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicoutimi
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicoutimi
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). "Chicoutimi, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chicoutimi-town-ville-qc076016-1881/.