Rivière Rouge, Quebec (1881 census)
Rivière Rouge was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 939. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.237°N, 74.771°W.
Population
In 1881, Rivière Rouge had a population of 939: 490 male and 449 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 (85.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Clyde & Joly, 1891 (41.7% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Amherst, 1891 (21.8% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Marchand, 1891 (36.4% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Rivière Rouge shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 939 total population, 490 males, 449 females, 310 married persons, 169 families, 157 married males, 153 married females, 12 widowed persons, 8 widowed females, 4 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 617 single persons under 18, 329 single males under 18, 288 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 158 inhabited houses, 158 occupied houses, 6 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 13,528 bushels of oats, 10,159 bushels of turnips, 8,336 bushels of potatoes, 7,866 bushels of buckwheat, 1,576 bushels of barley, 631 acres of hay crops, 559 tons of hay, 545 bushels of peas and beans, 437 bushels of corn, 326 bushels of other root crops, 269 bushels of spring wheat, 85 acres of potatoes, 53 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 30 acres of wheat, 25 bushels of rye, 22 bushels of winter wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 939 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:
QC097022— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC097022— 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). "Rivière Rouge, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/rivi-re-rouge-qc097022-1881/.