Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
L’Anse au Griffon, Quebec (1881 census)
L’Anse au Griffon was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 907. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.918°N, 64.295°W.
Population
In 1881, L’Anse au Griffon had a population of 907: 499 male and 408 female residents. Population density was 145.3 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
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, L’Anse au Griffon shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 157 |
| Number of families | 157 |
| Number of females | 408 |
| Number of males | 499 |
| Number of married females | 127 |
| Number of married males | 130 |
| Number of married persons | 257 |
| Number of widowed females | 18 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 25 |
| POP TOT | 907 |
| Total population | 907 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 263 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 362 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 625 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 13 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 134 |
| Number of occupied houses | 134 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (23 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 361 |
| Acres of potatoes | 84 |
| Acres of wheat | 61 |
| BAR BU | 3,632 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,632 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,408 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 472 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 12,869 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 61 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,461 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 2,149 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 8 |
| HAY AC | 361 |
| HAY TONS | 619 |
| OAT BU | 3,408 |
| POT AC | 84 |
| POT BU | 12,869 |
| RYE BU | 61 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 619 |
| WHT AC | 61 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,461 |
| WHT WTR BU | 8 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 5,005 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 38 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 2 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 4,392 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 4,100 |
| Number of fishing boats | 170 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 210 |
| Number of shoremen | 49 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 130 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 10,635 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 5,005 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 210 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 170 |
| C UNMD F | 263 |
| C UNMD M | 362 |
| C UNMD TOT | 625 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 10,635 |
| D OCC | 134 |
| FEMALE | 408 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 4,100 |
| GRA BU | 7 |
| H CON | 13 |
| H INHAB | 134 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| HAL XB Q | 12 |
| LOB XC P | 130 |
| MALE | 499 |
| MCK XB Q | 38 |
| MD F | 127 |
| MD M | 130 |
| MD TOT | 257 |
| NET XX F | 4,392 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 472 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 49 |
| SLM XB Q | 2 |
| TRT XB Q | 2 |
| TUR BU | 2,149 |
| WID F | 18 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 25 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056001_1871 — 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). "L’Anse au Griffon, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-anse-au-griffon-qc039007-1881/.