Paspébiac, Quebec (1881 census)

Paspébiac was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,568. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141663. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.105°N, 65.291°W.

Population

In 1881, Paspébiac had a population of 1,568: 829 male and 739 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 Cox, 1871 (33.2% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Paspébiac W-O, 1891 (49.7% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD contained Paspébiac E, 1891 (50.3% of this CSD's polygon).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Paspébiac shared boundaries with:

• Hope
• New Carlisle
• NO DATA

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 43 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,568 total population, 829 males, 739 females, 492 married persons, 262 families, 248 married males, 244 married females, 40 widowed persons, 26 widowed females, 14 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,036 single persons under 18, 567 single males under 18, 469 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 207 inhabited houses, 207 occupied houses, 15 uninhabited houses, 10 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 25,248 bushels of potatoes, 9,479 bushels of oats, 5,936 bushels of turnips, 2,163 bushels of other root crops, 1,276 bushels of barley, 991 bushels of spring wheat, 872 tons of hay, 525 acres of hay crops, 174 acres of potatoes, 63 bushels of peas and beans, 62 acres of wheat, 4 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 23,289 quintals of cod, 20,603 gallons of fish oil, 18,228 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,184 barrels of other fish, 2,029 barrels of herring or alewives, 734 men on fishing boats, 483 shoremen, 394 fishing boats, 244 barrels of mackerel, 10 men on fishing vessels, 9 barrels of salmon, 2 barrels of halibut, 2 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 2 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,568 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: QC038003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC044013 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141663
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasp%C3%A9biac
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasp%C3%A9biac_(ville)

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). "Paspébiac, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pasp-biac-qc038003-1881/.