New Richmond, Quebec (1881 census)

New Richmond was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,893. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244335. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.220°N, 65.817°W.

Population

In 1881, New Richmond had a population of 1,893: 921 male and 972 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in New Richmond, 1871 (84.8% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained New Richmond E, 1891 (34.8% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained New Richmond W-O, 1891 (65.2% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, New Richmond shared boundaries with:

• Maria
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• St. Charles de Caplan

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,893 total population, 972 females, 921 males, 500 married persons, 285 families, 251 married males, 249 married females, 66 widowed persons, 47 widowed females, 19 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,327 single persons under 18, 676 single females under 18, 651 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 278 inhabited houses, 278 occupied houses, 12 uninhabited houses, 11 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 71,803 bushels of potatoes, 27,210 bushels of oats, 12,776 bushels of buckwheat, 5,667 bushels of spring wheat, 5,610 bushels of turnips, 3,698 bushels of barley, 2,018 bushels of other root crops, 1,891 tons of hay, 1,380 acres of hay crops, 378 acres of potatoes, 348 acres of wheat, 269 bushels of peas and beans, 87 bushels of rye, 34 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 24 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,756 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,421 barrels of herring or alewives, 87 quintals of cod, 86 barrels of salmon, 54 men on fishing boats, 37 fishing boats, 20 gallons of fish oil, 12 barrels of trout, 10 barrels of mackerel. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,893 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: QC038007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044012 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244335

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). "New Richmond, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/new-richmond-qc038007-1881/.