Unorganized Territory, Quebec (1881 census)

Name: Unorganized Territory (1881)
Address: Quebec, CA

Unorganized Territory was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,550. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.201°N, 79.268°W.

Population

In 1881, Unorganized Territory had a population of 1,550: 813 male and 737 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 Kipaoua, 1871 (34.0% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Victoria, 1871 (0.1% share).
In an earlier year, this CSD contained Temiscamang, E, 1871 (4.0% share).

Full census record, 1881

The 1881 census recorded 34 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,550 total population, 813 males, 737 females, 527 married persons, 361 families, 269 married males, 258 married females, 56 widowed persons, 43 widowed females, 13 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 967 single persons under 18, 531 single males under 18, 436 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 243 occupied houses, 192 inhabited houses, 51 dwellings that are temporary shanties, 6 uninhabited houses, 5 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 39,536 bushels of potatoes, 36,813 bushels of oats, 12,239 bushels of turnips, 4,775 acres of hay crops, 2,973 tons of hay, 2,362 bushels of peas and beans, 921 bushels of spring wheat, 304 acres of potatoes, 201 bushels of other root crops, 155 bushels of buckwheat, 145 bushels of rye, 98 bushels of corn, 69 bushels of barley, 49 acres of wheat, 31 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 1,550 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: QC098019 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC098019 — 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-qc098019-1881/.