Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Rimouski
Rimouski, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)
Rimouski, Town—Ville was a town in Rimouski County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,417. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.448°N, 68.528°W.
Population
In 1881, Rimouski, Town—Ville had a population of 1,417: 677 male and 740 female residents. Population density was 1168.3 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, Rimouski, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 98 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 278 |
| Number of families | 278 |
| Number of females | 740 |
| Number of males | 677 |
| Number of married females | 216 |
| Number of married males | 215 |
| Number of married persons | 431 |
| Number of widowed females | 39 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 52 |
| POP TOT | 1,417 |
| Total population | 1,417 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 485 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 449 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 934 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 211 |
| Number of occupied houses | 211 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 24 |
Agriculture (29 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 351 |
| Acres of potatoes | 72 |
| Acres of wheat | 400 |
| BAR BU | 599 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 599 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 14 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 6 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 15 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,193 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 915 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,033 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 12,519 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 1,130 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 260 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 152 |
| BWT BU | 14 |
| CRN BU | 15 |
| HAY AC | 351 |
| HAY TONS | 370 |
| OAT BU | 2,193 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,033 |
| POT AC | 72 |
| POT BU | 12,519 |
| RYE BU | 21 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 370 |
| WHT AC | 400 |
| WHT SP BU | 1,130 |
| WHT WTR BU | 152 |
Fisheries (15 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 5 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 465 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 11 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 77 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 32 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 567 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 112 |
| Number of fishing boats | 6 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 1 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 6 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 4 |
| Number of shoremen | 11 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 684 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 4 |
Other recorded variables (35 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 465 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 6 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 6 |
| C UNMD F | 485 |
| C UNMD M | 449 |
| C UNMD TOT | 934 |
| CD NAME | Rimouski |
| COD DX K | 684 |
| D OCC | 211 |
| EEL XB Q | 5 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 4 |
| FEMALE | 740 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 112 |
| GRA BU | 6 |
| H CON | 2 |
| H INHAB | 211 |
| H UNINH | 24 |
| MALE | 677 |
| MCK XB Q | 11 |
| MD F | 216 |
| MD M | 215 |
| MD TOT | 431 |
| NET XX F | 567 |
| NUMBER CD | 40 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 77 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 915 |
| SAR XB Q | 32 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 11 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 260 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 4 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 1 |
| WID F | 39 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 52 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC040007 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC084019 — 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). "Rimouski, Town—Ville, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rimouski-town-ville-qc040007-1881/.