Percé, Quebec (1881 census)
Percé was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,805. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q139032279. 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1861 | 2,720 |
| 1871 | 1,743 |
| 1881 | 1,805 |
| 1891 | 1,800 |
| 1901 | 1,868 |
| 1911 | 1,768 |
| 1921 | 1,472 |
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 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,805 total population, 952 males, 853 females, 547 married persons, 333 families, 277 married males, 270 married females, 65 widowed persons, 44 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,193 single persons under 18, 654 single males under 18, 539 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 260 inhabited houses, 260 occupied houses, 13 uninhabited houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 23,596 bushels of potatoes, 14,259 bushels of turnips, 6,629 bushels of oats, 2,766 bushels of barley, 1,674 tons of hay, 1,221 acres of hay crops, 373 bushels of spring wheat, 200 acres of potatoes, 152 bushels of other root crops, 23 acres of wheat, 1 bushels of peas and beans. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 58,235 quintals of cod, 5,986 fathoms of fishing nets, 5,770 gallons of fish oil, 4,603 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,073 barrels of other fish, 825 barrels of mackerel, 442 men on fishing boats, 388 shoremen, 292 fishing boats, 125 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 4 men on fishing vessels, 1 fishing vessels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 148 barrels of sardines, 8,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,805 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:
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: Q139032279
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/.