Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Chicoutimi & Saguenay
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)
Chicoutimi, Town—Ville was a town in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,935. 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 density was 877.5 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, Chicoutimi, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 70 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 327 |
| Number of families | 327 |
| Number of females | 943 |
| Number of males | 992 |
| Number of married females | 284 |
| Number of married males | 280 |
| Number of married persons | 564 |
| Number of widowed females | 41 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 62 |
| POP TOT | 1,935 |
| Total population | 1,935 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 618 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 691 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,309 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 267 |
| Number of occupied houses | 267 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 294 |
| Acres of potatoes | 37 |
| Acres of wheat | 176 |
| BAR BU | 261 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 261 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 57 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,693 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 26 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 630 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 3,506 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,981 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 368 |
| BWT BU | 57 |
| CRN BU | 7 |
| HAY AC | 294 |
| HAY TONS | 256 |
| OAT BU | 2,693 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 630 |
| POT AC | 37 |
| POT BU | 3,506 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 256 |
| WHT AC | 176 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,981 |
Fisheries (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 11 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 25 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 100 |
Other recorded variables (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| C UNMD F | 618 |
| C UNMD M | 691 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,309 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| COD DX K | 100 |
| D OCC | 267 |
| FEMALE | 943 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 25 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 267 |
| H UNINH | 13 |
| MALE | 992 |
| MD F | 284 |
| MD M | 280 |
| MD TOT | 564 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 26 |
| TRT XB Q | 11 |
| TUR BU | 368 |
| WID F | 41 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 62 |
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: 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). "Chicoutimi, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chicoutimi-town-ville-qc076016-1881/.