Ste. Adelaïde de Pabos, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Adelaïde de Pabos was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,200. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.409°N, 64.684°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Adelaïde de Pabos had a population of 1,200: 613 male and 587 female residents. Population density was 13.0 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.
Earlier boundary forms
- In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Pabos, 1871 (52.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Adelaïde de Pabos 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 | 195 |
| Number of families | 195 |
| Number of females | 587 |
| Number of males | 613 |
| Number of married females | 162 |
| Number of married males | 162 |
| Number of married persons | 324 |
| Number of widowed females | 22 |
| Number of widowed males | 12 |
| Number of widowed persons | 34 |
| POP TOT | 1,200 |
| Total population | 1,200 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 403 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 439 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 842 |
Buildings & housing (4 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of dwellings that are temporary shanties | 2 |
| Number of inhabited houses | 181 |
| Number of occupied houses | 183 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 8 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 559 |
| Acres of potatoes | 234 |
| Acres of wheat | 32 |
| BAR BU | 2,444 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 2,444 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 320 |
| Bushels of corn produced in the past year | 16 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 8,054 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 159 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 37,328 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 584 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 6,287 |
| BWT BU | 320 |
| CRN BU | 16 |
| HAY AC | 559 |
| HAY TONS | 791 |
| OAT BU | 8,054 |
| POT AC | 234 |
| POT BU | 37,328 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 791 |
| WHT AC | 32 |
| WHT SP BU | 584 |
Fisheries (13 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| Barrels of gaspareaux produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 7 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 3,578 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 557 |
| Barrels of other fish produced in the past year | 1,497 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 138 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 6,925 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 2,190 |
| Number of fishing boats | 93 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 181 |
| Number of shoremen | 75 |
| Pounds of lobster canned in the past year | 40,000 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 10,198 |
Other recorded variables (32 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 3,578 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 181 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 93 |
| C UNMD F | 403 |
| C UNMD M | 439 |
| C UNMD TOT | 842 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 10,198 |
| D OCC | 183 |
| FEMALE | 587 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 2,190 |
| GSP XB Q | 1 |
| H INHAB | 181 |
| H UNINH | 8 |
| HAL XB Q | 7 |
| LOB XC P | 40,000 |
| MALE | 613 |
| MCK XB Q | 557 |
| MD F | 162 |
| MD M | 162 |
| MD TOT | 324 |
| NET XX F | 6,925 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHFISH XB Q | 1,497 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 159 |
| SHAN | 2 |
| SHOREMEN XX Q | 75 |
| SLM XB Q | 138 |
| TUR BU | 6,287 |
| WID F | 22 |
| WID M | 12 |
| WID TOT | 34 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039018— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC039018_1881_1881— 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). "Ste. Adelaïde de Pabos, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-adela-de-de-pabos-qc039018-1881/.