Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Malbaie, Quebec (1881 census)
Malbaie was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,545. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.625°N, 64.344°W.
Population
In 1881, Malbaie had a population of 1,545: 831 male and 714 female residents. Population density was 15.2 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, Malbaie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 271 |
| Number of families | 271 |
| Number of females | 714 |
| Number of males | 831 |
| Number of married females | 223 |
| Number of married males | 229 |
| Number of married persons | 452 |
| Number of widowed females | 32 |
| Number of widowed males | 25 |
| Number of widowed persons | 57 |
| POP TOT | 1,545 |
| Total population | 1,545 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 459 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 577 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,036 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 25 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 257 |
| Number of occupied houses | 257 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 38 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 864 |
| Acres of potatoes | 180 |
| Acres of wheat | 61 |
| BAR BU | 1,450 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,450 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,908 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 195 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 24,794 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 826 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 5,253 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 20 |
| HAY AC | 864 |
| HAY TONS | 1,350 |
| OAT BU | 3,908 |
| POT AC | 180 |
| POT BU | 24,794 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,350 |
| WHT AC | 61 |
| WHT SP BU | 826 |
| WHT WTR BU | 20 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 8 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 4,558 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 89 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 715 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 28 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 8,248 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 5,999 |
| Number of fishing boats | 255 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 429 |
| Number of shoremen | 262 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 12,949 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 2 |
Other recorded variables (34 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 4,558 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 429 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 255 |
| C UNMD F | 459 |
| C UNMD M | 577 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,036 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 12,949 |
| D OCC | 257 |
| EEL XB Q | 8 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 714 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 5,999 |
| H CON | 25 |
| H INHAB | 257 |
| H UNINH | 38 |
| HAD DX K | 2 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 831 |
| MCK XB Q | 89 |
| MD F | 223 |
| MD M | 229 |
| MD TOT | 452 |
| NET XX F | 8,248 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 715 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 195 |
| SHD XB Q | 3 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 262 |
| SLM XB Q | 28 |
| TUR BU | 5,253 |
| WID F | 32 |
| WID M | 25 |
| WID TOT | 57 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039014 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC159018 — 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). "Malbaie, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/malbaie-qc039014-1881/.