St. Bonaventure, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Bonaventure was a census subdivision in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,367. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.118°N, 65.491°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Bonaventure had a population of 1,367: 674 male and 693 female residents. Population density was 12.8 people per square mile.
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 Hamilton W-O, 1891 (41.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Hamilton E, 1891 (58.9% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, St. Bonaventure shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| FAM NO | 179 |
| Number of families | 179 |
| Number of females | 693 |
| Number of males | 674 |
| Number of married females | 179 |
| Number of married males | 179 |
| Number of married persons | 358 |
| Number of widowed females | 33 |
| Number of widowed males | 13 |
| Number of widowed persons | 46 |
| POP TOT | 1,367 |
| Total population | 1,367 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 481 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 482 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 963 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 30 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 172 |
| Number of occupied houses | 172 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 13 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 675 |
| Acres of potatoes | 477 |
| Acres of wheat | 254 |
| BAR BU | 2,015 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,015 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 1,452 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 67 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 121 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,418 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 5,622 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 157 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 65,737 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 193 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,431 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 10,560 |
| BWT BU | 1,452 |
| CRN BU | 121 |
| HAY AC | 675 |
| HAY TONS | 1,028 |
| OAT BU | 14,418 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 157 |
| POT AC | 477 |
| POT BU | 65,737 |
| RYE BU | 193 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 1,028 |
| WHT AC | 254 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,431 |
Fisheries (10 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 10,763 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 184 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 974 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 4 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,524 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 910 |
| Number of fishing boats | 143 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 186 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 2,275 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 46 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 10,763 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 186 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 143 |
| C UNMD F | 481 |
| C UNMD M | 482 |
| C UNMD TOT | 963 |
| CD NAME | Bonaventure |
| COD DX K | 2,275 |
| D OCC | 172 |
| FEMALE | 693 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 910 |
| GRA BU | 67 |
| H CON | 30 |
| H INHAB | 172 |
| H UNINH | 13 |
| HAD DX K | 46 |
| MALE | 674 |
| MCK XB Q | 184 |
| MD F | 179 |
| MD M | 179 |
| MD TOT | 358 |
| NET XX F | 7,524 |
| NUMBER CD | 38 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 974 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 5,622 |
| TRT XB Q | 4 |
| TUR BU | 10,560 |
| WID F | 33 |
| WID M | 13 |
| WID TOT | 46 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC038005— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC038005— 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). "St. Bonaventure, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-bonaventure-qc038005-1881/.