Escuminac, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Escuminac, Village was a village in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 221. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.134°N, 66.497°W.
Population
In 1881, Escuminac, Village had a population of 221: 118 male and 103 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 Nouvelle, Shoolbred, 1871 (28.9% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Escuminac, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 78 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 38 |
| Number of families | 38 |
| Number of females | 103 |
| Number of males | 118 |
| Number of married females | 26 |
| Number of married males | 26 |
| Number of married persons | 52 |
| Number of widowed females | 11 |
| Number of widowed males | 2 |
| Number of widowed persons | 13 |
| POP TOT | 221 |
| Total population | 221 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 66 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 90 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 156 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 38 |
| Number of occupied houses | 38 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 5 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 257 |
| Acres of potatoes | 62 |
| Acres of wheat | 54 |
| BAR BU | 164 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 164 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,865 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 278 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 54 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 22 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 10,187 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 526 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,723 |
| BWT BU | 1,865 |
| HAY AC | 257 |
| HAY TONS | 292 |
| OAT BU | 278 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 22 |
| POT AC | 62 |
| POT BU | 10,187 |
| RYE BU | 4 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 292 |
| WHT AC | 54 |
| WHT SP BU | 526 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 20 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 18 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 856 |
| Number of fishing boats | 5 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 5 |
Other recorded variables (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 5 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 5 |
| C UNMD F | 66 |
| C UNMD M | 90 |
| C UNMD TOT | 156 |
| CD NAME | Bonaventure |
| D OCC | 38 |
| FEMALE | 103 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 38 |
| H UNINH | 5 |
| MALE | 118 |
| MCK XB Q | 1 |
| MD F | 26 |
| MD M | 26 |
| MD TOT | 52 |
| NET XX F | 856 |
| NUMBER CD | 38 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 20 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 54 |
| SLM XB Q | 18 |
| TRT XB Q | 1 |
| TUR BU | 1,723 |
| WID F | 11 |
| WID M | 2 |
| WID TOT | 13 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC038012— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC038012— 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). "Escuminac, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/escuminac-village-qc038012-1881/.