Hunterstown, Quebec (1881 census)

Hunterstown was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 798. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243291. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.431°N, 73.079°W.

Population

In 1881, Hunterstown had a population of 798: 405 male and 393 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Hunterstown, 1871 (36.0% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Hunterstown, 1891 (77.0% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Hunterstown shared boundaries with:

• St. Alexis des Monts
• St. Barnabé
• St. Didace
• St. Elie
• St. Paulin
• St. Sévère
• Ste. Ursule

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 798 total population, 405 males, 393 females, 268 married persons, 154 families, 134 married females, 134 married males, 23 widowed persons, 12 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 507 single persons under 18, 260 single males under 18, 247 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 87 inhabited houses, 87 occupied houses, 40 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 12,370 bushels of oats, 3,763 bushels of potatoes, 1,864 bushels of buckwheat, 1,541 bushels of peas and beans, 1,137 bushels of turnips, 626 tons of hay, 593 bushels of spring wheat, 518 acres of hay crops, 328 bushels of barley, 194 bushels of other root crops, 108 bushels of corn, 78 acres of wheat, 59 acres of potatoes, 15 bushels of winter wheat, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 798 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: QC085008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC069001_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243291

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). "Hunterstown, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/hunterstown-qc085008-1881/.