St. Charles de Caplan, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Charles de Caplan was a census subdivision in Bonaventure County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,069. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q106815622. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.162°N, 65.650°W.
Population
In 1881, St. Charles de Caplan had a population of 1,069: 534 male and 535 female residents. Population density was 12.3 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, St. Charles de Caplan shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 92 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 167 |
| Number of families | 167 |
| Number of females | 535 |
| Number of males | 534 |
| Number of married females | 157 |
| Number of married males | 157 |
| Number of married persons | 314 |
| Number of widowed females | 24 |
| Number of widowed males | 7 |
| Number of widowed persons | 31 |
| POP TOT | 1,069 |
| Total population | 1,069 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 354 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 370 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 724 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of houses under construction | 7 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 150 |
| Number of occupied houses | 150 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 2 |
Agriculture (27 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 591 |
| Acres of potatoes | 265 |
| Acres of wheat | 181 |
| BAR BU | 1,782 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 1,782 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 3,970 |
| Bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed produced in the past year | 49 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 14,846 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 6,553 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 154 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 50,892 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 436 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 2,397 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 7,896 |
| BWT BU | 3,970 |
| CRN BU | 21 |
| HAY AC | 591 |
| HAY TONS | 794 |
| OAT BU | 14,846 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 154 |
| POT AC | 265 |
| POT BU | 50,892 |
| RYE BU | 436 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 794 |
| WHT AC | 181 |
| WHT SP BU | 2,397 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 10 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 10,940 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 191 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 73 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 12 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 7 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 7,290 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 703 |
| Number of fishing boats | 126 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 117 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 35,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 3,383 |
Other recorded variables (33 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 10,940 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 117 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 126 |
| C UNMD F | 354 |
| C UNMD M | 370 |
| C UNMD TOT | 724 |
| CD NAME | Bonaventure |
| COD DX K | 3,383 |
| D OCC | 150 |
| FEMALE | 535 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 703 |
| GRA BU | 49 |
| GSP XB Q | 10 |
| H CON | 7 |
| H INHAB | 150 |
| H UNINH | 2 |
| LOB XC P | 35,000 |
| MALE | 534 |
| MCK XB Q | 191 |
| MD F | 157 |
| MD M | 157 |
| MD TOT | 314 |
| NET XX F | 7,290 |
| NUMBER CD | 38 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 73 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 6,553 |
| SAR XB Q | 7 |
| SLM XB Q | 12 |
| TRT XB Q | 7 |
| TUR BU | 7,896 |
| WID F | 24 |
| WID M | 7 |
| WID TOT | 31 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC038006 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC044018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
- Wikidata: Q106815622
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. Charles de Caplan, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/st-charles-de-caplan-qc038006-1881/.