Wakefield, Quebec (1881 census)

Wakefield was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,365. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q63244699. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.701°N, 75.830°W.

Population

In 1881, Wakefield had a population of 1,365: 683 male and 682 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.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Wakefield, 1871 (60.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881

In the 1881 census, Wakefield shared boundaries with:

• Denholm
• Hull
• Low
• Masham
• Portland W-O
• Templeton W-O

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 1,365 total population, 683 males, 682 females, 419 married persons, 226 families, 211 married females, 208 married males, 43 widowed persons, 25 widowed females, 18 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 903 single persons under 18, 457 single males under 18, 446 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 218 occupied houses, 216 inhabited houses, 29 uninhabited houses, 4 houses under construction, 2 dwellings that are temporary shanties. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 46,441 bushels of oats, 23,840 bushels of potatoes, 6,920 bushels of other root crops, 6,389 bushels of peas and beans, 4,159 bushels of turnips, 3,184 bushels of spring wheat, 2,363 acres of hay crops, 2,304 tons of hay, 1,448 bushels of buckwheat, 1,336 bushels of rye, 1,170 bushels of winter wheat, 758 acres of wheat, 584 bushels of corn, 228 acres of potatoes, 172 bushels of barley, 62 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 1,365 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: QC097031 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC057025 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q63244699

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). "Wakefield, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/wakefield-qc097031-1881/.