Isle of Anticosti, Quebec (1881 census)
Isle of Anticosti was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 676. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.843°N, 64.431°W.
Population
In 1881, Isle of Anticosti had a population of 676: 359 male and 317 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 676 |
| 1891 | 253 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Isle of Anticosti shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 676 total population, 359 males, 317 females, 212 married persons, 117 families, 107 married males, 105 married females, 14 widowed persons, 7 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 450 single persons under 18, 245 single males under 18, 205 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 113 inhabited houses, 113 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 19,678 bushels of potatoes, 1,797 bushels of turnips, 133 bushels of barley, 129 acres of potatoes, 106 tons of hay, 51 bushels of oats, 41 acres of hay crops, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 4,938 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 4,893 gallons of fish oil, 3,176 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,135 quintals of cod, 1,472 barrels of other fish, 539 barrels of herring or alewives, 228 men on fishing boats, 202 fishing boats, 167 shoremen, 115 barrels of halibut, 29 barrels of salmon, 12 barrels of trout, 10 barrels of eels, 5 barrels of mackerel, 3 fishing vessels, 2 men on fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 676 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:
QC076008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149028— 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). "Isle of Anticosti, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/isle-of-anticosti-qc076008-1881/.