Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Chicoutimi & Saguenay
Pointe aux Esquimaux, Quebec (1881 census)
Pointe aux Esquimaux was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, 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 density was 4.6 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, Pointe aux Esquimaux 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 | 857 |
| Number of males | 918 |
| Number of married females | 302 |
| Number of married males | 309 |
| Number of married persons | 611 |
| Number of widowed females | 29 |
| Number of widowed males | 11 |
| Number of widowed persons | 40 |
| POP TOT | 1,775 |
| Total population | 1,775 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 526 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 598 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,124 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 16 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 286 |
| Number of occupied houses | 286 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 27 |
Agriculture (17 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 60 |
| Acres of potatoes | 149 |
| BAR BU | 5 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 2 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 1 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 80 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 7 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 11,640 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,178 |
| CRN BU | 1 |
| HAY AC | 60 |
| HAY TONS | 56 |
| OAT BU | 80 |
| POT AC | 149 |
| POT BU | 11,640 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 56 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 60 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 846 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 9,302 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 105 |
| Barrels of shad produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,224 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 76,362 |
| Number of fishing boats | 537 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 30 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 960 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 232 |
| Number of shoremen | 835 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 95,050 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 13 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 846 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 960 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 537 |
| C UNMD F | 526 |
| C UNMD M | 598 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,124 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| COD DX K | 95,050 |
| D OCC | 286 |
| FEMALE | 857 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 76,362 |
| GRA BU | 2 |
| H CON | 16 |
| H INHAB | 286 |
| H UNINH | 27 |
| HAD DX K | 13 |
| HAL XB Q | 60 |
| MALE | 918 |
| MD F | 302 |
| MD M | 309 |
| MD TOT | 611 |
| NET XX F | 7,224 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 9,302 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 7 |
| SHD XB Q | 1 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 835 |
| SLM XB Q | 105 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 1,178 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 232 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 30 |
| WID F | 29 |
| WID M | 11 |
| WID TOT | 40 |
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/.