Port Daniel, Quebec (1881 census)
Port Daniel was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,670. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.223°N, 64.974°W.
Population
In 1881, Port Daniel had a population of 1,670: 880 male and 790 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,370 |
| 1881 | 1,670 |
| 1901 | 2,509 |
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.
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Port Daniel W-O, 1891 (51.9% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Port Daniel E, 1891 (48.1% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Port Daniel shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 49 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,670 total population, 880 males, 790 females, 464 married persons, 263 families, 232 married females, 232 married males, 64 widowed persons, 39 widowed females, 25 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,142 single persons under 18, 623 single males under 18, 519 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 229 occupied houses, 228 inhabited houses, 23 uninhabited houses, 22 houses under construction, 1 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 64,925 bushels of potatoes, 19,362 bushels of oats, 13,050 bushels of turnips, 3,293 bushels of barley, 2,543 bushels of other root crops, 1,789 bushels of spring wheat, 1,325 tons of hay, 844 acres of hay crops, 241 acres of potatoes, 124 bushels of buckwheat, 102 acres of wheat, 85 bushels of peas and beans, 13 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 11 bushels of rye, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 9,756 fathoms of fishing nets, 4,982 quintals of cod, 3,161 barrels of herring or alewives, 2,782 gallons of fish oil, 2,322 barrels of other fish, 419 men on fishing boats, 314 fishing boats, 163 barrels of mackerel, 100 barrels of salmon, 23 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 16 barrels of gaspareaux, 4 barrels of halibut, 3 shoremen. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 21 barrels of sardines, 5 barrels of shad, 1,200 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,670 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:
QC038001— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC143011_1901— 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). "Port Daniel, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/port-daniel-qc038001-1881/.