Year: 1881
| Province: Quebec
| County: Gaspé
York, Quebec (1881 census)
York was a census subdivision in Gaspé County, Quebec, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 485. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.784°N, 64.554°W.
Population
In 1881, York had a population of 485: 230 male and 255 female residents. Population density was 8.8 people per square mile.
Population trajectory across census years
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, York shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 82 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories. Tables below are collapsible.
Population & families (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| FAM NO | 86 |
| Number of families | 86 |
| Number of females | 255 |
| Number of males | 230 |
| Number of married females | 73 |
| Number of married males | 73 |
| Number of married persons | 146 |
| Number of widowed females | 13 |
| Number of widowed males | 5 |
| Number of widowed persons | 18 |
| POP TOT | 485 |
| Total population | 485 |
Age structure (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of single females under 18 | 169 |
| Number of single males under 18 | 152 |
| Number of single persons under 18 | 321 |
Buildings & housing (3 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Number of inhabited houses | 83 |
| Number of occupied houses | 83 |
| Number of uninhabited houses | 10 |
Agriculture (22 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Acres of hay crops | 385 |
| Acres of potatoes | 63 |
| Acres of wheat | 20 |
| BAR BU | 413 |
| Bushels of barley produced in the past year | 413 |
| Bushels of oats produced in the past year | 2,156 |
| Bushels of other root crops produced in the past year | 137 |
| Bushels of peas and beans produced in the past year | 21 |
| Bushels of potatoes produced in the past year | 9,748 |
| Bushels of spring wheat produced in the past year | 27 |
| Bushels of turnips produced in the past year | 1,193 |
| Bushels of winter wheat produced in the past year | 284 |
| HAY AC | 385 |
| HAY TONS | 655 |
| OAT BU | 2,156 |
| PEA AND BEN BU | 21 |
| POT AC | 63 |
| POT BU | 9,748 |
| Tons of hay produced in the past year | 655 |
| WHT AC | 20 |
| WHT SP BU | 27 |
| WHT WTR BU | 284 |
Fisheries (12 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| Barrels of eels produced in the past year | 6 |
| Barrels of halibut produced in the past year | 1 |
| Barrels of herring or alewives produced in the past year | 20 |
| Barrels of mackerel produced in the past year | 265 |
| Barrels of salmon produced in the past year | 32 |
| Barrels of trout produced in the past year | 10 |
| Fathoms of fishing nets | 2,029 |
| Gallons of fish oil produced in the past year | 68 |
| Number of fishing boats | 14 |
| Number of men on fishing boats | 17 |
| Quintals of cod produced in the past year | 540 |
| Quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock produced in the past year | 1 |
Other recorded variables (30 variables)
| Variable | Value |
|---|
| BBL HERR OR ALE | 20 |
| BOAT MEN Q | 17 |
| BOATS FOR FISH | 14 |
| C UNMD F | 169 |
| C UNMD M | 152 |
| C UNMD TOT | 321 |
| CD NAME | Gaspé |
| COD DX K | 540 |
| D OCC | 83 |
| EEL XB Q | 6 |
| FEMALE | 255 |
| GAL FISH OIL | 68 |
| H INHAB | 83 |
| H UNINH | 10 |
| HAD DX K | 1 |
| HAL XB Q | 1 |
| MALE | 230 |
| MCK XB Q | 265 |
| MD F | 73 |
| MD M | 73 |
| MD TOT | 146 |
| NET XX F | 2,029 |
| NUMBER CD | 39 |
| OTHR ROOT BU | 137 |
| SLM XB Q | 32 |
| TRT XB Q | 10 |
| TUR BU | 1,193 |
| WID F | 13 |
| WID M | 5 |
| WID TOT | 18 |
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC039012 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
- Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC056029 — 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). "York, Quebec (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph.
Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/york-qc039012-1881/.