Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Douglas, Quebec (1881 census)
Douglas was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,260. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.744°N, 64.384°W.
Population
In 1881, Douglas had a population of 1,260: 647 male and 613 female residents. Population density was 28.1 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, Douglas shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 208 |
| Number of families | 208 |
| Number of females | 613 |
| Number of males | 647 |
| Number of married females | 186 |
| Number of married males | 184 |
| Number of married persons | 370 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 18 |
| Number of widowed persons | 40 |
| POP TOT | 1,260 |
| Total population | 1,260 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 405 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 445 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 850 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 14 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 208 |
| Number of occupied houses | 208 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 18 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,086 |
| Acres of potatoes | 144 |
| Acres of wheat | 29 |
| BAR BU | 2,161 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,161 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 4,309 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 111 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 23,435 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 487 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,245 |
| HAY AC | 1,086 |
| HAY TONS | 1,211 |
| OAT BU | 4,309 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 8 |
| POT AC | 144 |
| POT BU | 23,435 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,211 |
| WHT AC | 29 |
| WHT SP BU | 487 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,617 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 395 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 16 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,339 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,628 |
| Number of fishing boats | 156 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 227 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 7 |
| Number of shoremen | 21 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 11,608 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,617 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 227 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 156 |
| C UNMD F | 405 |
| C UNMD M | 445 |
| C UNMD TOT | 850 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 11,608 |
| D OCC | 208 |
| FEMALE | 613 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,628 |
| H CON | 14 |
| H INHAB | 208 |
| H UNINH | 18 |
| HAL XB Q | 17 |
| MALE | 647 |
| MCK XB Q | 395 |
| MD F | 186 |
| MD M | 184 |
| MD TOT | 370 |
| NET XX F | 4,339 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 111 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 21 |
| SLM XB Q | 16 |
| TUR BU | 2,245 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 7 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 22 |
| WID M | 18 |
| WID TOT | 40 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154005 — 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). "Douglas, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/douglas-qc039013-1881/.