Hereford Gore, Quebec (1881 census)
Hereford Gore was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 681. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.133°N, 71.452°W.
Population
In 1881, Hereford Gore had a population of 681: 366 male and 315 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Hereford, 1871 (7.1% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD became part of Hereford & Paquetteville, Village, 1891 (7.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Hereford Gore shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 681 total population, 366 males, 315 females, 186 married persons, 108 families, 94 married females, 92 married males, 17 widowed persons, 9 widowed males, 8 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 478 single persons under 18, 265 single males under 18, 213 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 99 occupied houses, 98 inhabited houses, 4 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 10,018 bushels of potatoes, 9,238 bushels of oats, 7,308 bushels of buckwheat, 2,036 acres of hay crops, 1,740 tons of hay, 1,112 bushels of spring wheat, 885 bushels of peas and beans, 744 bushels of other root crops, 554 bushels of rye, 419 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 385 bushels of turnips, 263 bushels of barley, 261 acres of potatoes, 114 bushels of corn, 100 acres of wheat, 8 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 681 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:
QC054020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC054020— 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). "Hereford Gore, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hereford-gore-qc054020-1881/.