Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1881 census)
Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 881. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.108°N, 72.772°W.
Population
In 1881, Unorganized Territory had a population of 881: 490 male and 391 female residents.
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 contained Croche, 1871 (0.2% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Manouane, 1871 (2.2% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Bostonnais, 1871 (1.1% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Mékinac, 1871 (25.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Unorganized Territory, 1891 (88.7% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Unorganized Territory shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 33 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 881 total population, 490 males, 391 females, 317 married persons, 196 families, 164 married males, 153 married females, 26 widowed persons, 18 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 538 single persons under 18, 318 single males under 18, 220 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 128 occupied houses, 119 inhabited houses, 9 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 8 houses under construction, 2 uninhabited houses. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 17,141 bushels of oats, 12,090 bushels of potatoes, 7,894 bushels of turnips, 1,496 bushels of peas and beans, 1,377 bushels of buckwheat, 944 bushels of spring wheat, 668 acres of hay crops, 658 bushels of other root crops, 599 tons of hay, 500 bushels of barley, 321 bushels of corn, 123 acres of potatoes, 73 acres of wheat, 28 bushels of winter wheat, 1 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 881 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:
QC082015— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC082015— 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). "Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/unorganized-territory-qc082015-1881/.