Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Grande Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)
Grande Rivière was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,150. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.433°N, 64.528°W.
Population
In 1881, Grande Rivière had a population of 2,150: 1,133 male and 1,017 female residents. Population density was 68.8 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, Grande Rivière shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 90 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 347 |
| Number of families | 347 |
| Number of females | 1,017 |
| Number of males | 1,133 |
| Number of married females | 298 |
| Number of married males | 299 |
| Number of married persons | 597 |
| Number of widowed females | 25 |
| Number of widowed males | 20 |
| Number of widowed persons | 45 |
| POP TOT | 2,150 |
| Total population | 2,150 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 694 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 814 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,508 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 287 |
| Number of occupied houses | 287 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (24 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 717 |
| Acres of potatoes | 312 |
| Acres of wheat | 69 |
| BAR BU | 3,943 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,943 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 227 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 8 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 11,014 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 55 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 34,449 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 856 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 18,221 |
| BWT BU | 227 |
| CRN BU | 8 |
| HAY AC | 717 |
| HAY TONS | 1,270 |
| OAT BU | 11,014 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 5 |
| POT AC | 312 |
| POT BU | 34,449 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,270 |
| WHT AC | 69 |
| WHT SP BU | 856 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 6,383 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 381 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1,431 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 23 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 8,289 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 4,646 |
| Number of fishing boats | 169 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 286 |
| Number of shoremen | 179 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 19,200 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 13,261 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 6,383 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 286 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 169 |
| C UNMD F | 694 |
| C UNMD M | 814 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,508 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 13,261 |
| D OCC | 287 |
| FEMALE | 1,017 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 4,646 |
| GSP XB Q | 1 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 287 |
| H UNINH | 13 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| LOB XC P | 19,200 |
| MALE | 1,133 |
| MCK XB Q | 381 |
| MD F | 298 |
| MD M | 299 |
| MD TOT | 597 |
| NET XX F | 8,289 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1,431 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 55 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 179 |
| SLM XB Q | 23 |
| TUR BU | 18,221 |
| WID F | 25 |
| WID M | 20 |
| WID TOT | 45 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056012 — 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). "Grande Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grande-rivi-re-qc039017-1881/.