Tracadièche, Quebec (1881 census)

Tracadièche was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 67. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q141558. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.106°N, 66.116°W.

Population

In 1881, Tracadièche had a population of 67: 43 male and 24 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

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.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Carleton, 1891 (1.6% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Tracadièche shared boundaries with:

• Carleton, Township

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 67 total population, 43 males, 24 females, 16 married persons, 15 families, 8 married females, 8 married males, 2 widowed males, 2 widowed persons. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 49 single persons under 18, 33 single males under 18, 16 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 15 occupied houses, 11 inhabited houses, 4 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 3 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 663 bushels of potatoes, 141 bushels of buckwheat, 87 bushels of oats, 63 bushels of spring wheat, 49 tons of hay, 38 acres of hay crops, 36 bushels of turnips, 32 bushels of other root crops, 10 bushels of peas and beans, 5 acres of potatoes, 4 acres of wheat. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)

Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 115 fathoms of fishing nets, 16 barrels of salmon, 16 men on fishing boats, 10 barrels of trout, 10 fishing boats. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 10,000 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 3 people connected to this place who were alive in 1881, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Residents in 1881

The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 67 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: QC038017 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC038017 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q141558

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). "Tracadièche, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/tracadi-che-qc038017-1881/.