Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Havre aux Maisons, Quebec (1881 census)
Havre aux Maisons was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 999. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.431°N, 61.771°W.
Population
In 1881, Havre aux Maisons had a population of 999: 529 male and 470 female residents. Population density was 91.0 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, Havre aux Maisons shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 153 |
| Number of families | 153 |
| Number of females | 470 |
| Number of males | 529 |
| Number of married females | 140 |
| Number of married males | 140 |
| Number of married persons | 280 |
| Number of widowed females | 26 |
| Number of widowed males | 10 |
| Number of widowed persons | 36 |
| POP TOT | 999 |
| Total population | 999 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 304 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 379 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 683 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 15 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 142 |
| Number of occupied houses | 142 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 455 |
| Acres of potatoes | 130 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| BAR BU | 575 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 575 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 638 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 1,363 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 97 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 15,983 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 12 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 8,451 |
| CRN BU | 6 |
| HAY AC | 455 |
| HAY TONS | 500 |
| OAT BU | 638 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 97 |
| POT AC | 130 |
| POT BU | 15,983 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 500 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 12 |
Fisheries (11 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 1,221 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 350 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 42 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 3,906 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 20,716 |
| Number of fishing boats | 158 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 9 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 321 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 131 |
| Number of shoremen | 131 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 588 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 1,221 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 321 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 158 |
| C UNMD F | 304 |
| C UNMD M | 379 |
| C UNMD TOT | 683 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 588 |
| D OCC | 142 |
| FEMALE | 470 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 20,716 |
| H CON | 15 |
| H INHAB | 142 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| MALE | 529 |
| MCK XB Q | 350 |
| MD F | 140 |
| MD M | 140 |
| MD TOT | 280 |
| NET XX F | 3,906 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 42 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 1,363 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 131 |
| TUR BU | 8,451 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 131 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 9 |
| WID F | 26 |
| WID M | 10 |
| WID TOT | 36 |
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: 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). "Havre aux Maisons, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/havre-aux-maisons-qc039022-1881/.