Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Bonaventure
Restigouche, Quebec (1881 census)
Restigouche was a census subdivision in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 339. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.057°N, 66.920°W.
Population
In 1881, Restigouche had a population of 339: 181 male and 158 female residents. Population density was 2.9 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, Restigouche shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 76 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 44 |
| Number of families | 44 |
| Number of females | 158 |
| Number of males | 181 |
| Number of married females | 36 |
| Number of married males | 37 |
| Number of married persons | 73 |
| Number of widowed females | 7 |
| Number of widowed males | 6 |
| Number of widowed persons | 13 |
| POP TOT | 339 |
| Total population | 339 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 115 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 138 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 253 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 4 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 42 |
| Number of occupied houses | 42 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 488 |
| Acres of potatoes | 63 |
| Acres of wheat | 53 |
| BAR BU | 442 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 442 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,936 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 5 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 11 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 6,304 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 88 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 50 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 12,850 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 73 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 842 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 4,382 |
| BWT BU | 1,936 |
| CRN BU | 11 |
| HAY AC | 488 |
| HAY TONS | 845 |
| OAT BU | 6,304 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 50 |
| POT AC | 63 |
| POT BU | 12,850 |
| RYE BU | 73 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 845 |
| WHT AC | 53 |
| WHT SP BU | 842 |
Fisheries (5 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 77 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 20 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 750 |
| Number of fishing boats | 7 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 7 |
Other recorded variables (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BOAT MEN Q | 7 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 7 |
| C UNMD F | 115 |
| C UNMD M | 138 |
| C UNMD TOT | 253 |
| CD NAME | Bonaventure |
| D OCC | 42 |
| FEMALE | 158 |
| GRA BU | 5 |
| H CON | 4 |
| H INHAB | 42 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| MALE | 181 |
| MD F | 36 |
| MD M | 37 |
| MD TOT | 73 |
| NET XX F | 750 |
| NUMBER CD | 38 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 77 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 88 |
| SLM XB Q | 20 |
| TUR BU | 4,382 |
| WID F | 7 |
| WID M | 6 |
| WID TOT | 13 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC038015 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC148015 — 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). "Restigouche, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/restigouche-qc038015-1881/.