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Year: 1861  |  Province: Quebec

Gaspé Bay, North, Quebec (1861 census)

Gaspé Bay, North was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1861 Census of Canada with a population of 316. The administrative centroid was at approximately 48.889°N, 64.431°W.

Population

In 1861, Gaspé Bay, North had a population of 316: 171 male and 145 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

Later boundary forms

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1861

In the 1861 census, Gaspé Bay, North shared boundaries with:

Full census record, 1861

The 1861 census recorded 111 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 7 categories.

Population & families (1861). This community's record includes 316 total population, 171 males, Male members of the family who are present: 158, 145 females, Female members of the family who are present: 139, 117 single males, 95 single females, 48 married males, 46 married females, 22 males attending school, 17 adult males unable to read or write, 17 females attending school, Males present who are not members of the family: 13, 11 adult females unable to read or write, 7 male births, Females present who are not members of the family: 6, 6 widowed males, 4 widowed females, 2 female births, 1 lunatic males. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Age structure (1861). This community's record includes 22 single females aged 10 to 15, 22 single males aged 10 to 15, 22 single males aged 15 to 20, 20 males aged 5 to 10, 18 females aged 5 to 10, 18 single males aged 20 to 30, 15 married females aged 30 to 40, 15 single females aged 15 to 20, 14 single females aged 20 to 30, 13 married females aged 20 to 30, 12 married males aged 20 to 30, 11 married males aged 40 to 50, 9 married females aged 40 to 50, 9 married males aged 30 to 40, 8 married males aged 50 to 60, 7 males aged 1 to 2, 6 married females aged 50 to 60, 6 married males aged 60 to 70, 5 females age 3 to 4, 5 females aged 1 to 2, 5 males aged 4 to 5, 5 single females aged 30 to 40, 4 males aged 2 to 3, 4 single females aged 40 to 50, 4 single males aged 30 to 40, 3 single males aged 40 to 50, 2 females aged 2 to 3, 2 females aged 4 to 5, 2 married females aged 60 to 70, 2 single females aged 70 to 80, 2 single males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 1 males aged 3 to 4, 1 married males aged 70 to 80, 1 single females aged 50 to 60, 1 single males aged 70 to 80, 1 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 1 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 1 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 widowed males aged 70 to 80. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T5.)

Ethnic origin (1861). This community's record includes 171 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 94 French Canadians, 3 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 3 persons originating in Scotland, 2 persons originating in England or Wales, 2 persons originating in Ireland, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in the United States. 39 persons originating in Guernsey, Jersey, or other British islands. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1861). This community's record includes $20,000 value farms (dollars), 8,826 bushels of potatoes, 8,238 acres of land in farms, 7,803 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, $6,555 value all livestock, 3,785 pounds of homemade butter, $2,385 value horses aged over 3 years, $2,245 value farm implements in dollars, 1,043 bushels of oats, 706 bushels of turnips, $585 value garden and orchard crops, 565 bushels of spring wheat, 435 acres of farmland under cultivation, 349 pounds of wool produced on farms, 320 acres of farmland under crops, 307 bushels of barley, 218 tons of hay, 148 sheep, 124 swine, 100 acres of farmland in gardens, 99 milk cows, 88 occupants of farms, 81 acres of potatoes, 48 calves and heifers, 47 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 39 horses aged over 3 years, 32 bulls, oxen, or steers, 30 acres of oats, 30 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 20 acres of spring wheat, 15 acres of farmland in pasture, 15 acres of turnips, 12 acres of barley, 8 horses aged 3 years and under, 8 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 3 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Manufacturing & industry (1861). This community's record includes $470 value carriages for pleasure (dollars), 19 carriages for pleasure. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.)

Fisheries (1861). This community's record includes 115 barrels of salted fish sold. (Source: 1861 Census of Canada, V2T11.) The 1861 enumerator also recorded 861 quintals of dried fish sold — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1861). The 1861 enumerator also recorded Deaths in the past year among females over 100: 1 — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Identifiers

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1861 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, North, Quebec (1861 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/gasp-bay-north-qc019005-1861/.