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Year: 1881  |  Province: Quebec

Québec, ward-quartier Montcalm (Centre), Quebec (1881 census)

Québec, ward-quartier Montcalm (Centre) was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 3,718. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.809°N, 71.221°W.

Population

In 1881, Québec, ward-quartier Montcalm (Centre) had a population of 3,718: 1,662 male and 2,056 female residents. Population density was 31851.0 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

YearPopulation
18714,009
18813,718
18913,941
19013,915
19113,899

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, Québec, ward-quartier Montcalm (Centre) shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 55 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories. Tables below are collapsible.

Population & families (12 variables)
VariableValue
FAM NO777
Number of families777
Number of females2,056
Number of males1,662
Number of married females565
Number of married males554
Number of married persons1,119
Number of widowed females181
Number of widowed males40
Number of widowed persons221
POP TOT3,718
Total population3,718
Age structure (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of single females under 181,310
Number of single males under 181,068
Number of single persons under 182,378
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
VariableValue
Number of inhabited houses597
Number of occupied houses597
Number of uninhabited houses33
Agriculture (21 variables)
VariableValue
Acres of hay crops38
Acres of potatoes8
Acres of wheat1
Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year30
Bushels of corn produced in the past year12
Bushels of oats produced in the past year600
Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year7
Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year1,134
Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year30
Bushels of turnips produced in the past year700
BWT BU30
CRN BU12
HAY AC38
HAY TONS93
OAT BU600
PEA AND BEN BU7
POT AC8
POT BU1,134
Tons of hay produced in the past year93
WHT AC1
WHT SP BU30
Other recorded variables (16 variables)
VariableValue
C UNMD F1,310
C UNMD M1,068
C UNMD TOT2,378
D OCC597
FEMALE2,056
H INHAB597
H UNINH33
MALE1,662
MD F565
MD M554
MD TOT1,119
NUMBER CD79
TUR BU700
WID F181
WID M40
WID TOT221

Identifiers

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). "Québec, ward-quartier Montcalm (Centre), Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/qu-bec-ward-quartier-montcalm-centre-qc079008-1881/.