Ste. Cécile du Bic, Quebec (1881 census)
Ste. Cécile du Bic was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,772. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q112912949. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.361°N, 68.714°W.
Population
In 1881, Ste. Cécile du Bic had a population of 2,772: 1,395 male and 1,377 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 2,888 |
| 1881 | 2,772 |
| 1891 | 1,990 |
| 1901 | 2,047 |
| 1911 | 2,037 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
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 Ste. Cécile du Bic, 1871 (59.2% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Ste. Cécile du Bic shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 50 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,772 total population, 1,395 males, 1,377 females, 825 married persons, 485 families, 413 married males, 412 married females, 56 widowed persons, 40 widowed females, 16 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,891 single persons under 18, 966 single males under 18, 925 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 383 inhabited houses, 383 occupied houses, 70 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 59,933 bushels of potatoes, 10,413 bushels of oats, 10,100 bushels of spring wheat, 5,562 bushels of peas and beans, 4,130 bushels of rye, 3,967 bushels of barley, 2,377 acres of hay crops, 2,171 tons of hay, 1,703 bushels of buckwheat, 1,200 acres of wheat, 671 bushels of turnips, 290 acres of potatoes, 243 bushels of other root crops, 3 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 2 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 2,365 barrels of herring or alewives, 1,048 quintals of cod, 730 fathoms of fishing nets, 432 gallons of fish oil, 254 barrels of other fish, 44 barrels of salmon, 22 men on fishing boats, 15 fishing boats, 13 quintals of fascines fish, 12 barrels of mackerel, 9 men on fishing vessels, 8 barrels of trout, 7 barrels of halibut, 2 fishing vessels, 2 shoremen, 1 barrels of eels. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 30 barrels of sardines, 4 barrels of shad — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,772 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:
QC040004— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC193012— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q112912949
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. Cécile du Bic, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/ste-c-cile-du-bic-qc040004-1881/.