Hull, Quebec (1881 census)
Hull was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 4,162. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2995979. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.517°N, 75.819°W.
Population
In 1881, Hull had a population of 4,162: 2,191 male and 1,971 female residents.
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Hull shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 4,162 total population, 2,191 males, 1,971 females, 1,222 married persons, 709 families, 612 married males, 610 married females, 134 widowed persons, 84 widowed females, 50 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 2,806 single persons under 18, 1,529 single males under 18, 1,277 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 689 inhabited houses, 689 occupied houses, 81 uninhabited houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 92,799 bushels of oats, 81,087 bushels of potatoes, 22,267 bushels of other root crops, 19,736 bushels of peas and beans, 16,671 bushels of turnips, 9,159 bushels of spring wheat, 8,059 tons of hay, 7,001 acres of hay crops, 6,292 bushels of corn, 5,061 bushels of buckwheat, 3,258 bushels of rye, 1,318 acres of wheat, 679 acres of potatoes, 675 bushels of winter wheat, 524 bushels of barley, 38 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
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.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| John Stoughton Dennis | 1820–1885 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 4,162 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:
QC097025— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097025— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q2995979
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull,_Quebec
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_(Qu%C3%A9bec)
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). "Hull, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hull-qc097025-1881/.