Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Etang du Nord, Quebec (1881 census)
Etang du Nord was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,530. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.382°N, 61.904°W.
Population
In 1881, Etang du Nord had a population of 1,530: 779 male and 751 female residents. Population density was 62.4 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, Etang du Nord shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 241 |
| Number of families | 241 |
| Number of females | 751 |
| Number of males | 779 |
| Number of married females | 243 |
| Number of married males | 243 |
| Number of married persons | 486 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 46 |
| POP TOT | 1,530 |
| Total population | 1,530 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 475 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 523 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 998 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 240 |
| Number of occupied houses | 240 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,145 |
| Acres of potatoes | 304 |
| Acres of wheat | 63 |
| BAR BU | 1,575 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,575 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,762 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 141 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 79 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 25,471 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 803 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 11,170 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 1,145 |
| HAY TONS | 1,063 |
| OAT BU | 7,762 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 79 |
| POT AC | 304 |
| POT BU | 25,471 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,063 |
| WHT AC | 63 |
| WHT SP BU | 803 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 43 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 23 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,485 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 638 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 29 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,514 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 8,516 |
| Number of fishing boats | 151 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 289 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 57 |
| Number of shoremen | 174 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 5,411 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 568 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,485 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 289 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 151 |
| C UNMD F | 475 |
| C UNMD M | 523 |
| C UNMD TOT | 998 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 5,411 |
| D OCC | 240 |
| EEL XB Q | 43 |
| FEMALE | 751 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 8,516 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 240 |
| HAD DX K | 568 |
| HAL XB Q | 23 |
| MALE | 779 |
| MCK XB Q | 638 |
| MD F | 243 |
| MD M | 243 |
| MD TOT | 486 |
| NET XX F | 4,514 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 29 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 141 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 174 |
| TUR BU | 11,170 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 57 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 4 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 46 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039021 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056015 — 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). "Etang du Nord, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/etang-du-nord-qc039021-1881/.