Hâvre aux Maisons, Quebec (1881 census)

Hâvre aux Maisons was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 999. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28029338. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.431°N, 61.771°W.

Population

In 1881, Hâvre aux Maisons had a population of 999: 529 male and 470 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).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Hâvre aux Maisons shared boundaries with:

• Grosse Ile

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 999 total population, 529 males, 470 females, 280 married persons, 153 families, 140 married females, 140 married males, 36 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 10 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 683 single persons under 18, 379 single males under 18, 304 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 142 inhabited houses, 142 occupied houses, 15 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 15,983 bushels of potatoes, 8,451 bushels of turnips, 1,363 bushels of other root crops, 638 bushels of oats, 575 bushels of barley, 500 tons of hay, 455 acres of hay crops, 130 acres of potatoes, 97 bushels of peas and beans, 12 bushels of spring wheat, 6 bushels of corn, 1 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 20,716 gallons of fish oil, 3,906 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,221 barrels of herring or alewives, 588 quintals of cod, 350 barrels of mackerel, 321 men on fishing boats, 158 fishing boats, 131 men on fishing vessels, 131 shoremen, 42 barrels of other fish, 9 fishing vessels. (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 999 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: QC039022 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC056019 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28029338
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havre-aux-Maisons
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havre-aux-Maisons

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 aux Maisons, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/h-vre-aux-maisons-qc039022-1881/.