Trois-Pistoles, Quebec (1881 census)
Trois-Pistoles was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 2,872. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142151. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.110°N, 69.145°W.
Population
In 1881, Trois-Pistoles had a population of 2,872: 1,405 male and 1,467 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1881 | 2,872 |
| 1891 | 2,495 |
| 1901 | 2,595 |
| 1911 | 3,076 |
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 Trois Pistoles, 1871 (55.6% share).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Trois-Pistoles shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 47 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 2,872 total population, 1,467 females, 1,405 males, 778 married persons, 487 families, 390 married males, 388 married females, 102 widowed persons, 66 widowed females, 36 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 1,992 single persons under 18, 1,013 single females under 18, 979 single males under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 359 inhabited houses, 359 occupied houses, 33 uninhabited houses, 1 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 67,654 bushels of potatoes, 16,870 bushels of oats, 9,696 bushels of spring wheat, 5,976 bushels of barley, 3,858 bushels of rye, 3,749 acres of hay crops, 3,366 tons of hay, 2,877 bushels of peas and beans, 1,515 bushels of turnips, 1,489 acres of wheat, 740 bushels of other root crops, 352 acres of potatoes, 182 bushels of buckwheat, 27 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 1 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 918 barrels of herring or alewives, 475 barrels of other fish, 80 fathoms of fishing nets, 76 barrels of salmon, 52 quintals of cod, 42 barrels of eels, 19 men on fishing boats, 19 quintals of fascines fish, 13 fishing boats, 6 gallons of fish oil, 5 barrels of halibut, 1 barrels of trout. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 270 barrels of sardines, 55 barrels of shad, 5 barrels of whitefish — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 2,872 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:
QC041014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC201022— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q142151
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Pistoles
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois-Pistoles
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). "Trois-Pistoles, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/trois-pistoles-qc041014-1881/.