Hâvre Amherst, Quebec (1881 census)
Hâvre Amherst was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,410. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.253°N, 61.928°W.
Population
In 1881, Hâvre Amherst had a population of 1,410: 705 male and 705 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 contained Basin, 1891 (79.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Hâvre Aubert, par., 1891 (20.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Hâvre Amherst shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,410 total population, 705 females, 705 males, 514 married persons, 257 married females, 257 married males, 245 families, 49 widowed persons, 34 widowed females, 15 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 847 single persons under 18, 433 single males under 18, 414 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 237 inhabited houses, 237 occupied houses, 21 uninhabited houses, 15 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 24,763 bushels of potatoes, 10,166 bushels of turnips, 4,567 bushels of oats, 1,899 acres of hay crops, 1,664 tons of hay, 1,239 bushels of barley, 325 acres of potatoes, 140 bushels of spring wheat, 102 bushels of peas and beans, 60 bushels of winter wheat, 54 bushels of corn, 38 bushels of other root crops, 27 acres of wheat, 9 bushels of buckwheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 19,789 fathoms of fishing nets, 11,275 quintals of cod, 9,741 barrels of herring or alewives, 3,862 gallons of fish oil, 2,439 barrels of mackerel, 323 men on fishing boats, 147 fishing boats, 142 barrels of halibut, 45 barrels of eels, 42 barrels of other fish, 35 shoremen, 18 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 70,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,411 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:
QC039020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC039020— 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). "Hâvre Amherst, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/h-vre-amherst-qc039020-1881/.