Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Chicoutimi & Saguenay
Moisie, Quebec (1881 census)
Moisie was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 241. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.291°N, 65.427°W.
Population
In 1881, Moisie had a population of 241: 135 male and 106 female residents. Population density was 1.0 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, Moisie shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 80 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 45 |
| Number of families | 45 |
| Number of females | 106 |
| Number of males | 135 |
| Number of married females | 39 |
| Number of married males | 39 |
| Number of married persons | 78 |
| Number of widowed females | 2 |
| Number of widowed males | 4 |
| Number of widowed persons | 6 |
| POP TOT | 241 |
| Total population | 241 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 65 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 92 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 157 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 1 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 43 |
| Number of occupied houses | 43 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (9 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 13 |
| Acres of potatoes | 19 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,276 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 103 |
| HAY AC | 13 |
| HAY TONS | 16 |
| POT AC | 19 |
| POT BU | 1,276 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 16 |
Fisheries (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 27 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 315 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 41 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 486 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 122 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 9 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,626 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 824 |
| Number of fishing boats | 82 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 7 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 109 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 8 |
| Number of shoremen | 31 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 7,245 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 5 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 295 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 315 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 109 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 82 |
| C UNMD F | 65 |
| C UNMD M | 92 |
| C UNMD TOT | 157 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| COD DX K | 7,245 |
| D OCC | 43 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 5 |
| FEMALE | 106 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 824 |
| H CON | 1 |
| H INHAB | 43 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| HAD DX K | 295 |
| HAL XB Q | 27 |
| MALE | 135 |
| MCK XB Q | 41 |
| MD F | 39 |
| MD M | 39 |
| MD TOT | 78 |
| NET XX F | 2,626 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 486 |
| SAR XB Q | 9 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 31 |
| SLM XB Q | 122 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 103 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 8 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 7 |
| WID F | 2 |
| WID M | 4 |
| WID TOT | 6 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC149048 — 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). "Moisie, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/moisie-qc076006-1881/.