Pointe au Pic, VL, Quebec (1881 census)

Pointe au Pic, VL was a village in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 376. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.624°N, 70.152°W.

Population

In 1881, Pointe au Pic, VL had a population of 376: 192 male and 184 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 Malbaie, 1871 (2.5% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Pointe au Pic, VL shared boundaries with:

• Malbaie

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 41 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 376 total population, 192 males, 184 females, 109 married persons, 68 families, 55 married males, 54 married females, 18 widowed persons, 11 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 249 single persons under 18, 130 single males under 18, 119 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 66 inhabited houses, 66 occupied houses, 4 houses under construction, 4 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 1,718 bushels of potatoes, 370 bushels of oats, 199 bushels of spring wheat, 81 bushels of buckwheat, 74 bushels of peas and beans, 32 tons of hay, 28 acres of wheat, 26 acres of hay crops, 26 bushels of other root crops, 22 bushels of barley, 13 acres of potatoes, 10 bushels of rye, 9 bushels of turnips. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 302 fathoms of fishing nets, 220 quintals of cod, 195 barrels of other fish, 147 barrels of herring or alewives, 4 gallons of fish oil, 4 quintals of fascines fish, 2 men on fishing boats, 1 barrels of eels, 1 barrels of halibut, 1 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 37 barrels of sardines — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 376 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: QC077011 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC048015_1911 — 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). "Pointe au Pic, VL, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-au-pic-vl-qc077011-1881/.