Détour du Lac, Quebec (1881 census)
Détour du Lac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,276. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.577°N, 68.861°W.
Population
In 1881, Détour du Lac had a population of 1,276: 687 male and 589 female residents.
Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)
Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Lac Témiscouata, 1871 (48.7% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Notre-Dame du Lac, 1891 (68.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Détour du Lac shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 38 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,276 total population, 687 males, 589 females, 378 married persons, 208 families, 189 married females, 189 married males, 38 widowed persons, 19 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 860 single persons under 18, 479 single males under 18, 381 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 192 inhabited houses, 192 occupied houses, 38 uninhabited houses, 17 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 18,768 bushels of potatoes, 9,076 bushels of buckwheat, 6,697 bushels of oats, 3,826 bushels of spring wheat, 3,582 bushels of barley, 3,229 bushels of other root crops, 1,724 acres of hay crops, 1,633 bushels of rye, 1,107 bushels of peas and beans, 953 tons of hay, 491 bushels of turnips, 275 acres of wheat, 185 acres of potatoes, 123 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 50 bushels of winter wheat, 7 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 153 fathoms of fishing nets, 47 barrels of trout, 3 quintals of fascines fish, 1 barrels of other fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 77 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,277 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:
QC041017— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC041017— 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). "Détour du Lac, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/d-tour-du-lac-qc041017-1881/.