Gaspé, Village, Quebec (1881 census)

Gaspé, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 174. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141903. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.833°N, 64.493°W.

Population

In 1881, Gaspé, Village had a population of 174: 92 male and 82 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).

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 Gaspé, S, 1871 (3.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Gaspé, Village, 1891 (39.7% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Gaspé, Village shared boundaries with:

• Gaspé Bay S

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 174 total population, 92 males, 82 females, 56 married persons, 34 families, 28 married females, 28 married males, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed persons. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 111 single persons under 18, 64 single males under 18, 47 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 33 inhabited houses, 33 occupied houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,105 bushels of potatoes, 402 bushels of turnips, 394 bushels of oats, 253 bushels of other root crops, 145 bushels of barley, 97 tons of hay, 65 acres of hay crops, 25 bushels of peas and beans, 16 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of winter wheat, 4 bushels of corn, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 590 fathoms of fishing nets, 30 quintals of cod, 15 shoremen, 8 barrels of mackerel, 7 barrels of salmon, 4 barrels of trout, 3 fishing boats, 3 men on fishing boats, 1 barrels of herring or alewives. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 174 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: QC039011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056031 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141903
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9,_Quebec
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9_(ville)

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, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-village-qc039011-1881/.