Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
Percé, Quebec (1881 census)
Percé was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,805. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.519°N, 64.304°W.
Population
In 1881, Percé had a population of 1,805: 952 male and 853 female residents. Population density was 42.6 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, Percé shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 333 |
| Number of families | 333 |
| Number of females | 853 |
| Number of males | 952 |
| Number of married females | 270 |
| Number of married males | 277 |
| Number of married persons | 547 |
| Number of widowed females | 44 |
| Number of widowed males | 21 |
| Number of widowed persons | 65 |
| POP TOT | 1,805 |
| Total population | 1,805 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 539 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 654 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,193 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 6 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 260 |
| Number of occupied houses | 260 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (20 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 1,221 |
| Acres of potatoes | 200 |
| Acres of wheat | 23 |
| BAR BU | 2,766 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,766 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,629 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 152 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 23,596 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 373 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 14,259 |
| HAY AC | 1,221 |
| HAY TONS | 1,674 |
| OAT BU | 6,629 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1 |
| POT AC | 200 |
| POT BU | 23,596 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,674 |
| WHT AC | 23 |
| WHT SP BU | 373 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 4,603 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 825 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1,073 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 148 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 5,986 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 5,770 |
| Number of fishing boats | 292 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 442 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of shoremen | 388 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 8,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 58,235 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 125 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 4,603 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 442 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 292 |
| C UNMD F | 539 |
| C UNMD M | 654 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,193 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 58,235 |
| D OCC | 260 |
| FEMALE | 853 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 5,770 |
| H CON | 6 |
| H INHAB | 260 |
| H UNINH | 13 |
| HAD DX K | 125 |
| LOB XC P | 8,000 |
| MALE | 952 |
| MCK XB Q | 825 |
| MD F | 270 |
| MD M | 277 |
| MD TOT | 547 |
| NET XX F | 5,986 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1,073 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 152 |
| SAR XB Q | 148 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 388 |
| TUR BU | 14,259 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 4 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 44 |
| WID M | 21 |
| WID TOT | 65 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056025 — 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). "Percé, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/perc-qc039015-1881/.