Maria, Quebec (1881 census)

Maria was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,298. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q28154590. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.213°N, 66.001°W.

Population

In 1881, Maria had a population of 2,298: 1,186 male and 1,112 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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Maria W-O, 1891 (38.9% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Maria E, 1891 (61.1% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Maria shared boundaries with:

• Carleton, Township
• New Richmond
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,298 total population, 1,186 males, 1,112 females, 632 married persons, 347 families, 316 married females, 316 married males, 82 widowed persons, 51 widowed females, 31 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,584 single persons under 18, 839 single males under 18, 745 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 339 inhabited houses, 339 occupied houses, 14 houses under construction, 9 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 101,736 bushels of potatoes, 26,505 bushels of oats, 10,816 bushels of buckwheat, 4,673 bushels of spring wheat, 3,449 bushels of barley, 3,202 bushels of other root crops, 3,003 bushels of turnips, 2,358 tons of hay, 2,109 acres of hay crops, 1,945 bushels of rye, 889 acres of wheat, 526 acres of potatoes, 228 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 177 bushels of peas and beans, 63 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 8,899 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,172 barrels of herring or alewives, 470 barrels of other fish, 360 quintals of cod, 144 barrels of salmon, 139 men on fishing boats, 129 fishing boats, 89 gallons of fish oil, 86 barrels of mackerel, 27 barrels of trout, 26 shoremen, 24 barrels of eels, 8 quintals of fascines fish, 2 barrels of gaspareaux. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 50,000 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 2,298 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: QC038008 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044008_1911 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q28154590

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). "Maria, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/maria-qc038008-1881/.