Ponsonby, Namur, Quebec (1881 census)
Ponsonby, Namur was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 310. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.916°N, 74.783°W.
Population
In 1881, Ponsonby, Namur had a population of 310: 182 male and 128 female residents.
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 Rouge, N, 1871 (14.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ponsonby, Namur shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 29 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 310 total population, 182 males, 128 females, 106 married persons, 65 families, 53 married females, 53 married males, 5 widowed persons, 4 widowed males, 1 widowed females. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 199 single persons under 18, 125 single males under 18, 74 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 65 inhabited houses, 65 occupied houses, 2 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 7,727 bushels of turnips, 3,852 bushels of potatoes, 2,383 bushels of oats, 347 bushels of buckwheat, 282 bushels of barley, 84 bushels of spring wheat, 53 acres of potatoes, 44 acres of hay crops, 42 bushels of peas and beans, 38 bushels of corn, 32 tons of hay, 15 bushels of rye, 9 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 310 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:
QC097023— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097023— 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). "Ponsonby, Namur, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ponsonby-namur-qc097023-1881/.