Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Chicoutimi & Saguenay
Tadoussac, Quebec (1881 census)
Tadoussac was a census subdivision in Chicoutimi & Saguenay County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,542. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.166°N, 69.894°W.
Population
In 1881, Tadoussac had a population of 1,542: 800 male and 742 female residents. Population density was 4.3 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, Tadoussac shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 88 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 209 |
| Number of families | 209 |
| Number of females | 742 |
| Number of males | 800 |
| Number of married females | 241 |
| Number of married males | 241 |
| Number of married persons | 482 |
| Number of widowed females | 21 |
| Number of widowed males | 19 |
| Number of widowed persons | 40 |
| POP TOT | 1,542 |
| Total population | 1,542 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 480 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 540 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 1,020 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 206 |
| Number of occupied houses | 206 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 27 |
Agriculture (25 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 544 |
| Acres of potatoes | 106 |
| Acres of wheat | 573 |
| BAR BU | 3,324 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 3,324 |
| Bushels of buckwheat produced in the past year | 363 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 7,368 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 1,896 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 14,287 |
| Bushels of rye produced in the past year | 2,061 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 3,625 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 370 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 13 |
| BWT BU | 363 |
| HAY AC | 544 |
| HAY TONS | 688 |
| OAT BU | 7,368 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 1,896 |
| POT AC | 106 |
| POT BU | 14,287 |
| RYE BU | 2,061 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 688 |
| WHT AC | 573 |
| WHT SP BU | 3,625 |
| WHT WTR BU | 13 |
Fisheries (14 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 2 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 17 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 23 |
| Barrels of sardines produced in the past year | 3 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 3 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 548 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 4,201 |
| Number of fishing boats | 9 |
| Number of fishing vessels | 23 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 17 |
| Number of men on fishing vessels | 46 |
| Quintals of fascines fish produced in the past year | 16 |
Other recorded variables (31 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 17 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 17 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 9 |
| C UNMD F | 480 |
| C UNMD M | 540 |
| C UNMD TOT | 1,020 |
| CD NAME | Chicoutimi & Saguenay |
| D OCC | 206 |
| EEL XB Q | 2 |
| FASCINE FISH Q | 16 |
| FEMALE | 742 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 4,201 |
| H INHAB | 206 |
| H UNINH | 27 |
| HAL XB Q | 2 |
| MALE | 800 |
| MCK XB Q | 1 |
| MD F | 241 |
| MD M | 241 |
| MD TOT | 482 |
| NET XX F | 548 |
| NUMBER CD | 76 |
| SAR XB Q | 3 |
| SLM XB Q | 23 |
| TRT XB Q | 3 |
| TUR BU | 370 |
| VESSEL MEN Q | 46 |
| VESSEL XX Q | 23 |
| WID F | 21 |
| WID M | 19 |
| WID TOT | 40 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC076001 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC086008 — 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). "Tadoussac, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/tadoussac-qc076001-1881/.