Howick, Village, Quebec (1881 census)
Howick, Village was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 203. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.189°N, 73.852°W.
Population
In 1881, Howick, Village had a population of 203: 102 male and 101 female residents. Population density was 495.0 people per square mile.
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 became part of Très Saint Sacrement, 1891 (1.1% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Howick, Village shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 51 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 49 |
| Number of families | 49 |
| Number of females | 101 |
| Number of males | 102 |
| Number of married females | 35 |
| Number of married males | 35 |
| Number of married persons | 70 |
| Number of widowed females | 5 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 11 |
| POP TOT | 203 |
| Total population | 203 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 61 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 61 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 122 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 43 |
| Number of occupied houses | 43 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 4 |
Agriculture (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 63 |
| Acres of potatoes | 8 |
| Acres of wheat | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 10 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 35 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 507 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3 |
| HAY AC | 63 |
| HAY TONS | 30 |
| OAT BU | 16 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 35 |
| POT AC | 8 |
| POT BU | 507 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 30 |
| WHT AC | 1 |
| WHT SP BU | 3 |
Other recorded variables (16 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| C UNMD F | 61 |
| C UNMD M | 61 |
| C UNMD TOT | 122 |
| D OCC | 43 |
| FEMALE | 101 |
| H INHAB | 43 |
| H UNINH | 4 |
| MALE | 102 |
| MD F | 35 |
| MD M | 35 |
| MD TOT | 70 |
| NUMBER CD | 71 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 10 |
| WID F | 5 |
| WID M | 6 |
| WID TOT | 11 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC071008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC071008— 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). "Howick, Village, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/howick-village-qc071008-1881/.