Matane, Quebec (1881 census)
Matane was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,611. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.794°N, 67.451°W.
Population
In 1881, Matane had a population of 2,611: 1,337 male and 1,274 female residents.
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 St. Jérôme de Matane, 1891 (55.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Tessier, 1891 (44.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Matane shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,611 total population, 1,337 males, 1,274 females, 792 married persons, 510 families, 397 married females, 395 married males, 92 widowed persons, 60 widowed females, 32 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,727 single persons under 18, 910 single males under 18, 817 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 370 occupied houses, 369 inhabited houses, 44 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 37,310 bushels of potatoes, 12,881 bushels of spring wheat, 12,282 bushels of oats, 11,696 bushels of barley, 4,727 bushels of peas and beans, 1,867 acres of hay crops, 1,766 bushels of turnips, 1,601 acres of wheat, 1,328 tons of hay, 1,110 bushels of buckwheat, 830 bushels of other root crops, 677 bushels of rye, 335 acres of potatoes, 73 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 35 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 1,015 barrels of other fish, 359 fathoms of fishing nets, 301 quintals of cod, 92 barrels of herring or alewives, 61 gallons of fish oil, 27 barrels of mackerel, 25 quintals of fascines fish, 8 barrels of trout, 6 barrels of salmon, 6 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 5 barrels of gaspareaux, 3 barrels of eels, 2 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 61 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.
| Name | Lifespan | Connection |
|---|---|---|
| James Richardson | 1810–1883 | died here |
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,611 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:
QC040024— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC040024— 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). "Matane, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/matane-qc040024-1881/.