Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Chlorydormes, Quebec (1881 census)
Chlorydormes was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 488. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.151°N, 64.913°W.
Population
In 1881, Chlorydormes had a population of 488: 252 male and 236 female residents. Population density was 5.5 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, Chlorydormes shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 84 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 83 |
| Number of families | 83 |
| Number of females | 236 |
| Number of males | 252 |
| Number of married females | 77 |
| Number of married males | 77 |
| Number of married persons | 154 |
| Number of widowed females | 6 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 10 |
| POP TOT | 488 |
| Total population | 488 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 153 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 171 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 324 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 9 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 78 |
| Number of occupied houses | 78 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 9 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 179 |
| Acres of potatoes | 66 |
| Acres of wheat | 32 |
| BAR BU | 1,058 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,058 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 955 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,034 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 107 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 7,790 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 86 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 444 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 521 |
| HAY AC | 179 |
| HAY TONS | 150 |
| OAT BU | 955 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 107 |
| POT AC | 66 |
| POT BU | 7,790 |
| RYE BU | 86 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 150 |
| WHT AC | 32 |
| WHT SP BU | 444 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 22 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,317 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 23 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 12 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,994 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 3,339 |
| Number of fishing boats | 153 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 181 |
| Number of shoremen | 1 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 17,220 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,317 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 181 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 153 |
| C UNMD F | 153 |
| C UNMD M | 171 |
| C UNMD TOT | 324 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 17,220 |
| D OCC | 78 |
| FEMALE | 236 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 3,339 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H CON | 9 |
| H INHAB | 78 |
| H UNINH | 9 |
| HAL XB Q | 22 |
| MALE | 252 |
| MCK XB Q | 23 |
| MD F | 77 |
| MD M | 77 |
| MD TOT | 154 |
| NET XX F | 4,994 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,034 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 2 |
| TRT XB Q | 12 |
| TUR BU | 521 |
| WID F | 6 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 10 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039005 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154003 — 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). "Chlorydormes, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chlorydormes-qc039005-1881/.