St. Charles de Caplan, Quebec (1881 census)
St. Charles de Caplan was a census subdivision in 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 trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 1,069 |
| 1891 | 1,305 |
| 1901 | 1,990 |
| 1911 | 1,756 |
| 1921 | 1,646 |
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 45 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,069 total population, 535 females, 534 males, 314 married persons, 167 families, 157 married females, 157 married males, 31 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 7 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 724 single persons under 18, 370 single males under 18, 354 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 150 inhabited houses, 150 occupied houses, 7 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 50,892 bushels of potatoes, 14,846 bushels of oats, 7,896 bushels of turnips, 6,553 bushels of other root crops, 3,970 bushels of buckwheat, 2,397 bushels of spring wheat, 1,782 bushels of barley, 794 tons of hay, 591 acres of hay crops, 436 bushels of rye, 265 acres of potatoes, 181 acres of wheat, 154 bushels of peas and beans, 49 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 21 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 10,940 barrels of herring or alewives, 7,290 fathoms of fishing nets, 3,383 quintals of cod, 703 gallons of fish oil, 191 barrels of mackerel, 126 fishing boats, 117 men on fishing boats, 73 barrels of other fish, 12 barrels of salmon, 10 barrels of gaspareaux, 7 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 7 barrels of sardines, 35,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,069 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:
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/.