Gaspé Bay N, Sydenham S, Quebec (1881 census)
Gaspé Bay N, Sydenham S was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 609. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.925°N, 64.527°W.
Population
In 1881, Gaspé Bay N, Sydenham S had a population of 609: 335 male and 274 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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S, 1891 (66.7% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Gaspé Bay N, Sydenham S shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 609 total population, 335 males, 274 females, 197 married persons, 105 families, 100 married males, 97 married females, 29 widowed persons, 17 widowed males, 12 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 383 single persons under 18, 218 single males under 18, 165 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 101 inhabited houses, 101 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 8,868 bushels of potatoes, 1,086 bushels of oats, 1,065 bushels of turnips, 763 bushels of spring wheat, 667 bushels of barley, 471 tons of hay, 386 acres of hay crops, 120 bushels of other root crops, 64 acres of potatoes, 53 acres of wheat, 20 bushels of peas and beans, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,775 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,382 quintals of cod, 318 barrels of mackerel, 282 gallons of fish oil, 153 barrels of herring or alewives, 85 men on fishing boats, 52 fishing boats, 50 barrels of salmon, 12 barrels of other fish, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 609 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:
QC039009— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC039009— 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). "Gaspé Bay N, Sydenham S, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-bay-n-sydenham-s-qc039009-1881/.