Pointe aux Esquimaux, Quebec (1881 census)
Pointe aux Esquimaux was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,775. The administrative centroid was at approximately 50.327°N, 63.605°W.
Population
In 1881, Pointe aux Esquimaux had a population of 1,775: 918 male and 857 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,775 |
| 1891 | 1,751 |
| 1901 | 1,818 |
| 1911 | 838 |
| 1921 | 885 |
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, Pointe aux Esquimaux 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 1,775 total population, 918 males, 857 females, 611 married persons, 333 families, 309 married males, 302 married females, 40 widowed persons, 29 widowed females, 11 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,124 single persons under 18, 598 single males under 18, 526 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 286 inhabited houses, 286 occupied houses, 27 uninhabited houses, 16 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 11,640 bushels of potatoes, 1,178 bushels of turnips, 149 acres of potatoes, 80 bushels of oats, 60 acres of hay crops, 56 tons of hay, 7 bushels of other root crops, 5 bushels of barley, 2 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 95,050 quintals of cod, 76,362 gallons of fish oil, 9,302 barrels of other fish, 7,224 fathoms of fishing nets, 960 men on fishing boats, 846 barrels of herring or alewives, 835 shoremen, 537 fishing boats, 232 men on fishing vessels, 105 barrels of salmon, 60 barrels of halibut, 30 fishing vessels, 13 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 3 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 1 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,775 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:
QC076007— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC086070— 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 aux Esquimaux, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-aux-esquimaux-qc076007-1881/.