Pointe des Monts, Quebec (1881 census)
Pointe des Monts was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 243. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.470°N, 67.365°W.
Population
In 1881, Pointe des Monts had a population of 243: 139 male and 104 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 106 |
| 1881 | 243 |
| 1891 | 498 |
| 1901 | 529 |
| 1911 | 1,205 |
| 1921 | 12 |
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 des Monts shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 40 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 243 total population, 139 males, 104 females, 82 married persons, 41 families, 41 married females, 41 married males, 3 widowed persons, 2 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 158 single persons under 18, 96 single males under 18, 62 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 35 inhabited houses, 35 occupied houses, 5 houses under construction, 1 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 148 bushels of potatoes, 39 bushels of oats, 5 bushels of turnips, 5 tons of hay, 4 acres of hay crops, 4 acres of potatoes, 2 bushels of barley, 1 bushels of other root crops. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 3,563 quintals of cod, 2,519 fathoms of fishing nets, 1,132 gallons of fish oil, 266 barrels of mackerel, 113 barrels of herring or alewives, 112 barrels of salmon, 102 men on fishing boats, 95 fishing boats, 84 barrels of other fish, 29 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 27 barrels of trout, 3 barrels of halibut, 2 quintals of fascines fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 52 barrels of sardines, 47 barrels of oysters — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 243 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:
QC076005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC086073— 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 des Monts, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/pointe-des-monts-qc076005-1881/.