Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1881 census)

Ile aux Coudres was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 790. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2720280. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.399°N, 70.385°W.

Population

In 1881, Ile aux Coudres had a population of 790: 403 male and 387 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).

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 37 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 790 total population, 403 males, 387 females, 238 married persons, 148 families, 119 married females, 119 married males, 37 widowed persons, 21 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 515 single persons under 18, 268 single males under 18, 247 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 92 inhabited houses, 92 occupied houses, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 30,062 bushels of potatoes, 8,154 bushels of oats, 3,511 bushels of rye, 2,027 bushels of barley, 732 tons of hay, 703 bushels of spring wheat, 456 bushels of peas and beans, 242 acres of hay crops, 216 acres of potatoes, 148 bushels of turnips, 106 acres of wheat, 5 bushels of buckwheat, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 476 barrels of other fish, 137 quintals of fascines fish, 108 barrels of eels, 22 fishing boats, 22 men on fishing boats, 3 men on fishing vessels, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 248 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 790 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: QC077006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048002_1861 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q2720280
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-aux-Coudres
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Isle-aux-Coudres

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). "Ile aux Coudres, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ile-aux-coudres-qc077006-1881/.