Grosse Isle, Quebec (1851 census)
Grosse Isle was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 30. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.028°N, 70.670°W.
Population
In 1851, Grosse Isle had a population of 30: 13 male and 17 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1851 | 30 |
| 1861 | 37 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Full census record, 1851
The 1851 census recorded 107 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.
Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 30 total population, 17 females, Females present who are not members of the family: 14, 13 males, 12 single females, Males present who are not members of the family: 11, 8 single males, 4 families, 4 married females, 4 married males, Female members of the family who are present: 3, Male members of the family who are present: 2, 2 female births, 1 male births, 1 widowed females, 1 widowed males. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 4 single males aged 20 to 30, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 females aged 5 to 10, 2 females under age 1, 2 married males aged 30 to 40, 2 single females aged 15 to 20, 1 females age 3 to 4, 1 females aged 1 to 2, 1 females aged 4 to 5, 1 males aged 2 to 3, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 males under age 1, 1 married females aged 15 to 20, 1 married females aged 20 to 30, 1 married females aged 40 to 50, 1 married females aged 50 to 60, 1 married males aged 20 to 30, 1 married males aged 50 to 60, 1 single females aged 10 to 15, 1 single males aged 10 to 15, 1 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 1 widowed males aged 40 to 50. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 21 French Canadians, 9 persons originating in England or Wales. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 1,288 acres of land in farms, 1,068 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 220 acres of farmland in pasture, 220 acres of farmland under cultivation, 2 occupants of farms, 2 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)
Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes feet of lumber produced daily by saw mills reporting daily production, Logs produced by saw mills reporting production by number of logs: , carding and fulling mills, carding and fulling mills not reporting, carding and fulling mills reporting, carding and fulling mills returning capital, employees in carding and fulling mills, employees in foundries, employees in grist mills, employees in saw mills, employees in tanneries, employees in woollen factories, foundries, foundries reporting, foundries returning capital, grist mills, grist mills not reporting, grist mills powered by steam, grist mills powered by water, grist mills reporting annual production, grist mills reporting daily production, grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent, grist mills reporting weekly production, grist mills returning capital, saw mill plants, saw mills, saw mills not reporting, saw mills powered by steam, saw mills powered by water, saw mills reporting annual production, saw mills reporting daily production, saw mills reporting production by number of logs, saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, saw mills returning capital, tanneries, tanneries not reporting, tanneries reporting, tanneries returning capital, woollen factories, woollen factories not reporting, woollen factories reporting, woollen factories returning capital, pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, $ value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), $ value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $ value iron produced in foundries in the past year (pounds sterling), yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills, yards of cloth produced in woollen factories. barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production. barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production. feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. $ value cloth produced in woollen factories in the past year (pounds sterling). $ value leather produced in tanneries in the past year (pounds sterling). (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T7.)
Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 54 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 30, Deaths in the past year among females of unknown age: 30, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 24, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 24. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC060014— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC035002— 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 1851 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). "Grosse Isle, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/grosse-isle-qc060014-1851/.