Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Charlevoix
Petite Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)
Petite Rivière was a census subdivision in Charlevoix County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 765. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.310°N, 70.608°W.
Population
In 1881, Petite Rivière had a population of 765: 387 male and 378 female residents. Population density was 14.3 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, Petite Rivière shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 140 |
| Number of families | 140 |
| Number of females | 378 |
| Number of males | 387 |
| Number of married females | 122 |
| Number of married males | 122 |
| Number of married persons | 244 |
| Number of widowed females | 10 |
| Number of widowed males | 14 |
| Number of widowed persons | 24 |
| POP TOT | 765 |
| Total population | 765 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 246 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 251 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 497 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 139 |
| Number of occupied houses | 139 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 11 |
Agriculture (26 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 449 |
| Acres of potatoes | 46 |
| Acres of wheat | 91 |
| BAR BU | 1,879 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,879 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,300 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 4 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 3,355 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 96 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 72 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 1,890 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,951 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 820 |
| BWT BU | 1,300 |
| CRN BU | 4 |
| HAY AC | 449 |
| HAY TONS | 524 |
| OAT BU | 3,355 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 72 |
| POT AC | 46 |
| POT BU | 1,890 |
| RYE BU | 2,951 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 524 |
| WHT AC | 91 |
| WHT SP BU | 820 |
Fisheries (7 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 369 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 50 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 6 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 145 |
| Number of fishing boats | 9 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 9 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 150 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 9 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 9 |
| C UNMD F | 246 |
| C UNMD M | 251 |
| C UNMD TOT | 497 |
| CD NAME | Charlevoix |
| D OCC | 139 |
| EEL XB Q | 369 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 150 |
| FEMALE | 378 |
| GRA BU | 1 |
| H INHAB | 139 |
| H UNINH | 11 |
| MALE | 387 |
| MD F | 122 |
| MD M | 122 |
| MD TOT | 244 |
| NET XX F | 145 |
| NUMBER CD | 77 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 50 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 96 |
| TRT XB Q | 6 |
| WID F | 10 |
| WID M | 14 |
| WID TOT | 24 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC077007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC048005 — 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). "Petite Rivière, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/petite-rivi-re-qc077007-1881/.