Kingsey, Quebec (1881 census)

Kingsey was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,546. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63243328. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.773°N, 72.213°W.

Population

In 1881, Kingsey had a population of 1,546: 794 male and 752 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 Kingsey, 1871 (45.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Kingsey, 1891 (43.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Kingsey shared boundaries with:

• Cleveland
• Kingsey E
• Wendover, Simpson

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 1,546 total population, 794 males, 752 females, 495 married persons, 263 families, 248 married females, 247 married males, 55 widowed persons, 36 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 996 single persons under 18, 528 single males under 18, 468 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 253 inhabited houses, 253 occupied houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 42,342 bushels of oats, 17,329 bushels of potatoes, 5,555 tons of hay, 4,998 bushels of spring wheat, 4,417 acres of hay crops, 3,327 bushels of turnips, 2,467 bushels of corn, 1,385 bushels of barley, 1,381 bushels of buckwheat, 952 bushels of peas and beans, 400 bushels of other root crops, 311 acres of wheat, 165 acres of potatoes, 48 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 36 bushels of rye. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,546 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: QC052012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC054004_1921 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63243328

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). "Kingsey, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/kingsey-qc052012-1881/.