Gatineau, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Gatineau, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,460. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.476°N, 75.696°W.
Population
In 1881, Gatineau, Village had a population of 1,460: 748 male and 712 female residents. Population density was 330.5 people per square mile.
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 Templeton, 1871 (3.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Gatineau, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 69 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 281 |
| Number of families | 281 |
| Number of females | 712 |
| Number of males | 748 |
| Number of married females | 251 |
| Number of married males | 249 |
| Number of married persons | 500 |
| Number of widowed females | 35 |
| Number of widowed males | 15 |
| Number of widowed persons | 50 |
| POP TOT | 1,460 |
| Total population | 1,460 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 426 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 484 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 910 |
Buildings & housing (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 1 |
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 251 |
| Number of occupied houses | 252 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 29 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 822 |
| Acres of potatoes | 42 |
| Acres of wheat | 244 |
| BAR BU | 158 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 158 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 284 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 39 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 36 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,725 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 147 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 2,009 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 4,429 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 55 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,363 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 202 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 46 |
| BWT BU | 284 |
| CRN BU | 36 |
| HAY AC | 822 |
| HAY TONS | 1,201 |
| OAT BU | 8,725 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 2,009 |
| POT AC | 42 |
| POT BU | 4,429 |
| RYE BU | 55 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,201 |
| WHT AC | 244 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,363 |
| WHT WTR BU | 46 |
Other recorded variables (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 426 |
| C UNMD M | 484 |
| C UNMD TOT | 910 |
| D OCC | 252 |
| FEMALE | 712 |
| GRA BU | 39 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 251 |
| H UNINH | 29 |
| MALE | 748 |
| MD F | 251 |
| MD M | 249 |
| MD TOT | 500 |
| NUMBER CD | 97 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 147 |
| SHAN | 1 |
| TUR BU | 202 |
| WID F | 35 |
| WID M | 15 |
| WID TOT | 50 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC097028— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097028— 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). "Gatineau, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gatineau-village-qc097028-1881/.