Hope, Quebec (1881 census)

Hope was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,824. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28345583. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.136°N, 65.169°W.

Population

In 1881, Hope had a population of 1,824: 917 male and 907 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).

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 Hope W-O, 1891 (46.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Hope E, 1891 (53.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Hope shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Paspébiac
• Port Daniel

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 1,824 total population, 917 males, 907 females, 547 married persons, 298 families, 274 married males, 273 married females, 40 widowed persons, 27 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,237 single persons under 18, 630 single males under 18, 607 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 275 inhabited houses, 275 occupied houses, 7 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 55,563 bushels of potatoes, 18,401 bushels of oats, 7,385 bushels of turnips, 2,664 bushels of barley, 2,586 bushels of spring wheat, 1,238 bushels of other root crops, 1,145 tons of hay, 785 acres of hay crops, 298 acres of potatoes, 147 bushels of buckwheat, 146 acres of wheat, 27 bushels of peas and beans, 5 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,416 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,959 quintals of cod, 1,433 barrels of other fish, 547 gallons of fish oil, 436 barrels of herring or alewives, 138 men on fishing boats, 108 fishing boats, 52 barrels of mackerel, 17 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,824 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: QC038002 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044006_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28345583

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). "Hope, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hope-qc038002-1881/.