Notre Dame du Lac, Quebec (1881 census)
Notre Dame du Lac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,186. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.453°N, 72.205°W.
Population
In 1881, Notre Dame du Lac had a population of 1,186: 609 male and 577 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Roberval, Village, 1871 (35.5% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained N.-D. du Lac St. Jean & Roberval, 1891 (71.3% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Roberval, Village, 1891 (0.5% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Notre Dame du Lac shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,186 total population, 609 males, 577 females, 363 married persons, 211 families, 182 married females, 181 married males, 23 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 5 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 800 single persons under 18, 423 single males under 18, 377 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 180 inhabited houses, 180 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 5 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 14,185 bushels of spring wheat, 13,300 bushels of potatoes, 7,086 bushels of peas and beans, 4,620 bushels of oats, 3,227 bushels of barley, 1,477 bushels of turnips, 1,171 bushels of buckwheat, 1,116 acres of wheat, 920 bushels of rye, 545 tons of hay, 405 acres of hay crops, 68 acres of potatoes, 9 bushels of corn, 2 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 70 barrels of other fish, 8 barrels of salmon. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 2 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,186 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:
QC076026— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC076026— 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). "Notre Dame du Lac, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/notre-dame-du-lac-qc076026-1881/.