L’Anse du Cap, Quebec (1881 census)
L’Anse du Cap was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,490. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.459°N, 64.407°W.
Population
In 1881, L’Anse du Cap had a population of 1,490: 782 male and 708 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,533 |
| 1881 | 1,490 |
| 1891 | 1,497 |
| 1901 | 2,294 |
| 1911 | 2,510 |
| 1921 | 2,503 |
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 du Cap shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 39 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,490 total population, 782 males, 708 females, 409 married persons, 243 families, 206 married males, 203 married females, 43 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,038 single persons under 18, 562 single males under 18, 476 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 201 inhabited houses, 201 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 24,137 bushels of potatoes, 20,135 bushels of turnips, 8,169 bushels of oats, 3,291 bushels of barley, 1,166 tons of hay, 972 bushels of spring wheat, 614 acres of hay crops, 261 acres of potatoes, 53 acres of wheat, 2 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 18,889 quintals of cod, 6,168 fathoms of fishing nets, 2,719 gallons of fish oil, 2,313 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,353 barrels of other fish, 210 barrels of mackerel, 174 men on fishing boats, 152 shoremen, 88 fishing boats, 10 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 4 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 42,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,490 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:
QC039016— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056002— 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 du Cap, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/l-anse-du-cap-qc039016-1881/.