Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Grande Vallée des Monts, Quebec (1881 census)
Grande Vallée des Monts was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 713. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.162°N, 65.124°W.
Population
In 1881, Grande Vallée des Monts had a population of 713: 369 male and 344 female residents. Population density was 12.9 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 Vallée des Monts shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 113 |
| Number of families | 113 |
| Number of females | 344 |
| Number of males | 369 |
| Number of married females | 108 |
| Number of married males | 108 |
| Number of married persons | 216 |
| Number of widowed females | 4 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 15 |
| POP TOT | 713 |
| Total population | 713 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 232 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 250 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 482 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 8 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 102 |
| Number of occupied houses | 102 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 6 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 120 |
| Acres of potatoes | 48 |
| Acres of wheat | 143 |
| BAR BU | 1,513 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,513 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 1,197 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 857 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 481 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 6,339 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 134 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,388 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 599 |
| HAY AC | 120 |
| HAY TONS | 114 |
| OAT BU | 1,197 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 481 |
| POT AC | 48 |
| POT BU | 6,339 |
| RYE BU | 134 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 114 |
| WHT AC | 143 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,388 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 723 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 123 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 54 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,836 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 1,265 |
| Number of fishing boats | 90 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 135 |
| Number of shoremen | 1 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 8,373 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 723 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 135 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 90 |
| C UNMD F | 232 |
| C UNMD M | 250 |
| C UNMD TOT | 482 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 8,373 |
| D OCC | 102 |
| FEMALE | 344 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 1,265 |
| H CON | 8 |
| H INHAB | 102 |
| H UNINH | 6 |
| HAL XB Q | 3 |
| LOB XC P | 4 |
| MALE | 369 |
| MCK XB Q | 123 |
| MD F | 108 |
| MD M | 108 |
| MD TOT | 216 |
| NET XX F | 2,836 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 54 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 857 |
| SAR XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 1 |
| SLM XB Q | 12 |
| TRT XB Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 599 |
| WID F | 4 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 15 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056013 — 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 Vallée des Monts, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grande-vall-e-des-monts-qc039004-1881/.