Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S, Quebec (1891 census)
Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 1,153. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.910°N, 64.563°W.
Population
In 1891, Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S had a population of 1,153: 613 male and 540 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 Gaspé Bay N, Sydenham S, 1881 (66.7% share).
- In an earlier year, this CSD contained Gaspé Bay S, 1881 (32.8% share).
Later boundary forms
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gaspé Bay, South—Sud, 1901 (35.1% of this CSD's polygon).
- In a later year, this CSD contained Gaspé Bay, North & Sydenham South, 1901 (64.8% of this CSD's polygon).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891
In the 1891 census, Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1891
The 1891 census recorded 75 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 1,153 total population, 613 males, 540 females, 375 married persons, 197 families, 188 married females, 187 married males, 43 widowed persons, 24 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 5.80 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)
Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 735 single persons under 18, 407 single males under 18, 328 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 854 persons who are not French Canadian, 299 French Canadians. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)
Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 190 houses, 190 houses built of wood, 190 occupied houses, 183 houses of 1 story, 94 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 38 houses of 4 rooms, 25 houses of 3 rooms, 18 uninhabited houses, 16 houses under construction, 15 houses of 2 rooms, 14 houses of 5 rooms, 7 houses of 2 stories, 2 houses of 1 room, 2 houses of 11 to 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)
Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 26,055 pounds of homemade butter, 21,240 bushels of potatoes, 16,696 acres of land in farms, 14,364 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 4,489 bushels of oats, 2,332 acres of improved land in farms, 1,912 acres of farmland under crops, 1,418 tons of hay, 1,330 bushels of barley, 1,303 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 1,302 chickens, 1,209 acres of hay crops, 998 bushels of turnips, 589 sheep, 460 bushels of spring wheat, 395 acres of farmland in pasture, 342 milk cows, 212 other cattle, 209 acres of oats, 195 occupants of farms, 192 farm occupants who own their land, 187 swine, 168 sheep slaughtered or sold, 166 swine slaughtered or sold, 132 horses aged over 3 years, 125 acres of potatoes, 73 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 72 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 63 acres of barley, 60 cattle killed or sold, 58 oxen, 47 other fowl, 45 ducks, 33 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 31 geese, 29 acres of wheat, 25 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 25 bushels of peas, 22 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 20 acres of turnips, 17 horses aged 3 years and under, 9 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 8 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 3 farm occupants who rent their land, 1 bushels of beans. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
QC154008— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_QC154008— 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 1891 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). "Gaspé Bay N & Sydenham S, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-bay-n-sydenham-s-qc154008-1891/.