Ecureuils, Quebec (1881 census)

Ecureuils was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 579. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.686°N, 71.713°W.

Population

In 1881, Ecureuils had a population of 579: 280 male and 299 female residents.

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, Ecureuils shared boundaries with:

• Pointe aux Trembles

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 579 total population, 299 females, 280 males, 177 married persons, 89 married males, 88 families, 88 married females, 17 widowed persons, 10 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 385 single persons under 18, 201 single females under 18, 184 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 76 inhabited houses, 76 occupied houses, 8 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,944 bushels of oats, 4,138 bushels of potatoes, 1,070 bushels of spring wheat, 821 bushels of buckwheat, 586 bushels of peas and beans, 563 tons of hay, 365 bushels of other root crops, 301 bushels of barley, 266 acres of hay crops, 98 acres of wheat, 92 bushels of turnips, 62 bushels of corn, 27 acres of potatoes, 13 bushels of rye, 7 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 5 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 579 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: QC081008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC186004 — 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). "Ecureuils, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ecureuils-qc081008-1881/.